Look at thie linked article from The Asian Age paper via PTI. PTI wont put out half-baked articles......
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/top-story/uk-plot-1-indian-doc-freed.aspx < BR>"......Dr Hanif was believed to be an activist of the now-banned Simi (Students' Islamic Movement of India) when he was studying in Dr Ambedkar Medical College, according to intelligence sources in Bangalore, reports our special correspondent. "Because he was academically brilliant, soft-spoken, mild-mannered and maintained a low profile, he was able to ward off suspicion. But a close look at his activities revealed that he was a Simi activist and was in charge of providing logistics, such as accommodation and vehicles, for Simi leaders who used to visit the city from Uttar Pradesh," an intelligence officer claimed.
Though Dr Hanif studied in Mudigere government middle and high school in Chikamagalur district, he, however, had his first education at a madrasa in Mudigere, and later in Chikamagalur. "Even in Bangalore he used to visit various madrasas, especially the one in the Muslim-dominated Bhoopasandra, off Hebbal on the Bangalore-Hyderabad national highway. He is believed to have funded some organisations to set up madrasas in the outskirts of the city," the sources claimed.
According to the sources, Dr Hanif's close friend in Simi in Bangalore was one Iqbal Ahmed, who was also known by the name Mohammed Iqbal, a student of an engineering college in Ramanagaram. "Th
