SG Tushar Mehta to go Centre’s authorized workforce to defend the ban on Zakir Naik’s terror outfit IRF earlier than UAPA tribunal

The Narendra Modi authorities has notified a seven-member authorized workforce headed by solicitor normal Tushar Mehta to defend its resolution to ban Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as an illegal group below provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.

Senior lawyer Sachin Datta, Amit Mahajan, Rajat Nair, Kanu Agrawal, Jay Prakash and Dhruv Pandey are a part of the workforce who will signify the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) earlier than the UAPA tribunal to defend the ban. On November 15, 2021, the Centre prolonged the ban on IRF headed by Zakir Naik by 5 extra years below Section 3(1) of the UAPA.

Since every such notification of banning any outfit below UAPA is examined by a UAPA tribunal, the Centre has constituted a powerful workforce of attorneys to defend the ban on IRF.  

Earlier on December thirteenth, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the tribunal headed by Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel below provisions of UAPA for the aim of adjudicating whether or not or not grounds are ample to impose a ban on IRF as an illegal affiliation.

The tribunal is anticipated to take up the listening to of the matter on December 20.

IRF and Naik a menace to nationwide safety

IRF is headed by Zakir Naik (55) a radical Islamic preacher, who whereas selling Islam at all times promotes ill-will in opposition to India, Hindus and instigates Muslim youths of India and overseas to commit terrorist acts.

Declared as proclaimed offender by the courtroom of the National Investigation Agency, Naik ran away from India in 2016 and moved to Malaysia the place he was granted everlasting residency. On November 18, 2016, NIA had registered a case in opposition to him below numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code and UAPA, and his outfit was declared an ‘unlawful association’ by the federal government a day earlier than the NIA registered the case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) holding a terror funding probe, charged him for cash laundering price Rs 193.06 Crore and hooked up his properties price over Rs 50 Crore.

In the contemporary notification, the Centre has stated that if the illegal actions of IRF weren’t curbed, it might proceed to create communal disharmony, propagate anti-national sentiments and assist militancy.

Centre has stated that his (Naik) speeches and statements are objectionable, subversive that promote enmity, hatred amongst spiritual teams that may disrupt the secular cloth of the nation. Besides, he instigates youths to bask in terrorist actions. The actions of IRF are prejudicial to the safety of the nation.

Naik promotes Islamic terrorism proved past doubt

Naik runs two tv channels specifically Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu that are banned in lots of international locations together with India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Canada and the United Kingdom.

But he nonetheless has an enormous viewership and an investigation of a few terrorist assault circumstances has revealed how he poisoned the thoughts of youths. His identify surfaced within the 2016 Dhaka cafe bombing case. One of the bombers had admitted earlier than advised Bangladeshi investigators that he was influenced by the preaching of Naik.

Naik’s identify surfaced in reference to the April bombings in Sri Lanka. Zahran Hashim, related to National Thowheeth Jama’ath that took duty of the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka praised him. The terror assault had left 260 individuals useless.

Two youths from Kerala named as Yahya and Eeza who allegedly joined the Islamic State have been impressed by Zakir Naik.