Investigation of currently busted Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) terror group taken over by NIA, says MP HM, 16 have been arrested earlier and booked beneath stringent UAPA

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Friday acknowledged that that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the investigation of the currently busted Bhopal-Hyderabad module of the unconventional Islamic organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT). 

Mishra knowledgeable reporters, “NIA team has come to Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. International connections of the accused associated with HuT have come to the notice. Now, the NIA will investigate it further. The investigation diary has been handed over to them.” Madhya Pradesh is an island of peace, proper right here no accused isn’t going to be spared, he added. 

Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) had arrested 16 members associated to HuT from utterly totally different locations on May 9. Of these members, ten people have been arrested from Bhopal, one from Chhindwara, and 5 from Hyderabad. 

The MP ATS workers moreover recovered anti-national paperwork, technical gear, radical literature and totally different provides from the accused on the time of arrest. 

A case was registered in direction of these accused beneath UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967) and totally different associated sections. Notably, Bhopal NIA courtroom docket had despatched these accused to judicial custody till June 2. 

Meanwhile, Mishra moreover took a jibe on the congress event after their meeting acquired postponed and acknowledged that date after date have been being given for conferences in Congress, nevertheless the meeting was not being held. 

“There are two types of leaders in the Congress party, one is popular leaders and others are leaders of ’10 Janpath’ (referring to leaders close to Gandhi family as ’10 Janpath’ is residence of Sonia Gandhi). Those who are popular are not allowed to move forward and those who are close to ’10 Janpath’ are able to do anything,” Mishra added. 

Reacting to the allegation made by senior Congress chief and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh related to disturbance in livelihood and saving officers, Mishra acknowledged, “I do not take the words of Digvijaya seriously. He makes allegations and we ask for proof but he is not able to give proof. He only does the work of character assassination.”

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