The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches in Tamil Nadu and arrested an accused in the Madurai Hizb-ut-Tahrir case.
The searches were conducted at two locations in Thiruvarur and Tanjore districts of Tamil Nadu after which an accused Bava Bahrudeen alias Mannai Bava, was arrested.
The case was initially registered at Thideer Nagar Police Station, Madurai City in which Mohammed Iqbal alias Senthil Kumar had used his Facebook account “Thoonga Vizhigal Rendu is in Kazimar Street” to upload posts that denigrated a particular community and fomented communal disharmony among different religions in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order, the NIA said.
“Investigation has revealed that the accused person Mohammed Iqbal conspired with others including Mannai Bava, in the name of Hizb-ut-Tahrir to re-establish Islamic State and implement Sharia globally including in India,” the agency said in a statement.
In furtherance of this conspiracy, they had participated in closed door Bayans (meetings) and created multiple accounts on various social media applications to upload posts intended to disclaim and disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India. The conspiracy meetings / closed door Bayans were helmed by the arrested accused person Mannai Bava and conducted in Madurai, Erode, Salem, Tanjore districts in Tamil Nadu.
During the searches conducted in Mannargudi of Thiruvarur district and in Mansur Ali Thaikal area of Tanjore district, 30 books, handwritten documents containing incriminating literature related to Hizb-ut-Tahrir and establishment of Islamic State / Khilafat and three digital devices were seized, it added.