2002 attack on American cultural centre in Kolkata

Islamic terrorist attack in India November 2018 November 2018 2002 attack on American cultural centre in Kolkata India West Bengal locator map.svg Location of West Bengal in India Kolkata, Kolkata district, West Bengal, India 22 January 2002 5 20 Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Claimed Responsibility) Four police constables and a private security guard of US Marine were killed and 20 other people injured when, on 22 January 2002, Islamic militants attacked an American cultural centre in Kolkata, India. The centre houses a library and the American consulate's public affairs section, which includes the press and cultural teams.Bedi Rahul Fairweather Jack https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/1382452/Gunmen-kill-five-in-attack-on-American-offices.html Gunmen kill five in attack on American offices The Daily Telegraph 2002-01-23 2013-07-27 Attack on the American Centre, Kolkata Two motorcycle-borne attackers, draped in shawls, sped up to the American Centre building at about 6:15 IST, refusing to stop at checkpoints and began shooting at police guards from an AK-47 assault rifle who returned fire.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1774483.stm Gunmen attack US centre in Calcutta BBC News 2002-01-22 2013-07-27 Four of the dead were Kolkata police constables while one of the dead belonged to a private security agency Group Four. The constables killed in the attack were identified as Pijush Sarker, Ujjal Burman, Suresh Hembram and Anup Mondal and belonged to the 5th battalion of Kolkata Armed Police.https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020123/main1.htm US Information Center in Kolkata attacked - Five killed; Pakistan denies involvement The Tribune 2002-01-23 2013-07-27 Claim of responsibility Two groups claimed responsibility for the attack. A Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI) member, Farhan Malik,https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dubai-based-mafia-don-claims-responsibility/articleshow/342475053.cms Dubai-based mafia don claims responsibility The Times of India 2002-01-22 2019-10-25 owned responsibility and said the attack was in protest against "the evil empire of America", while another person claiming to be a member of Asif Raza Commandos, a gang with ties to radical Islamic groups, claimed responsibility. Malik was also wanted in connection with the kidnapping a Kolkata shoe baron Partha Pratim Roy Barman, who was later released on a ransom of 37.5 million. Investigation and subsequent encounters Four days after the attack, two men — Salim and Zahid — were killed in an encounter with police in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The police had come to know about the involvement of Aftab Ansari in the American Centre attack from the dying declarations of Salim and Zahid.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/71540/sc-suspends-death-sentence-aftab.html SC suspends death sentence of Aftab Ansari Deccan Herald 2010-05-25 2013-07-27 Arrest, deportation, and conviction On 23 January 2002, Aftab Ansari (alias Farhan Malik),http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jan/24usis1.htm India to seek Ansari's extradition from UAE Rediff.com 2002-01-24 2013-07-27 prime suspect in the attack, was arrested in Dubai. On 9 February 2002, he was deported to India. Ansari was in possession of Pakistani travel documents with his passport number J872142, being issued in Lahore in February 2000, in the name of Shafiq Mohammad Rana.https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020210/main1.htm Ansari held in UAE, brought to Delhi The Tribune 2002-02-10 2013-07-27 On 28 April 2005, a Special CBI Court found Ansari and six others guilty for the attack.http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/28/stories/2005042806951200.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20050428030126/http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/28/stories/2005042806951200.htm dead 2005-04-28 The Hindu Front Page : Aftab Ansari, 6 others sentenced to death 2005-04-28 2013-07-27 Sentencing and appeals Aftab Ansari and Jamiluddin Nasir were sentenced to death under Section 121 of the Indian Penal Code for waging war against the state. The others sentenced along with Ansari were Rehan Alam, Musharat Hussain, Adil Hasan, Hasrat Alam and Shakir Akhtar. On 5 February 2010, the Calcutta High Court upheld the death sentence of Ansari and Nasir but commuted the capital punishment awarded to three others April 2025 to seven years imprisonment.http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/calcutta-high-court-upholds-aftab-ansari-s-death-sentence-15876 Calcutta High Court upholds Aftab Ansari's death sentence NDTV India 2010-02-05 2013-07-27 http://www.ndtv.com/cities/calcutta-high-court-upholds-aftab-ansaris-death-sentence-410409 2016-03-06 See also Sajal Barui Bowbazaar Bomb Blast 1993 List of terrorist incidents, 2002 References External links The arrest of Aftab Ansari Aftab Ansari exposes spread of Dawood tentacles 22.5512931 N 88.3493367 E Title Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:2002 murders in India Category:2002 mass murders American cultural centre in Kolkata, 2002 terrorist attack American cultural centre in Kolkata, 2002 terrorist attack Category:Crime in Kolkata Category:2002 in international relations Category:Attacks on diplomatic missions in India Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2002 Category:Islamic terrorism in India Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2002 Category:Anti-American sentiment in Asia Category:India–United States relations Category:2002 mass shootings in Asia Category:Mass shootings in India Category:January 2002 in India Category:January 2002 crimes in Asia