Who is Ahmed Ali aka Palani Baba.

All India Jihad committee (AIJC)

According to Police intelligence, Islamic fundamentalist groups started working in TN in 1983. 1986 AIJC was formed by an Islamic fundamentalist preacher Ahmad Ali aka Palani Baba.

Intelligence agencies reported he was coordinating with All India Milli council, which had Saudi-wahabhi links.

He was involved in various killings of Hindus in Coimbatore in TN. In 1990 Israeli intelligence arrested a Palestinian student who was studying in south India,

while in interrogation he reviled possible presence of internationally linked Islamic terror cells in Coimbatore TN enjoying local support, the Israeli warnings were rejected by local police and intelligence.

1990 saw the unprecedent rise of palani Baba, with uncon support from Dravidian parties.

“He flaunts his close ties with the chief minister M. Karunanidhi, he claims his close ties with the LTTE and often repeatedly boosted guns and arms are there for his asking”- The Week

1993 another group Al Ummah was formed as a fraternal group of AIJC that was better and more secretive than AIJC. According to a senior retired intelligence officer, Al Ummah became the most active jihadist force in TN, Kerela, Andhra and Karnataka.