Hizb-ut-Tahrir case: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday morning conducted searches at 10 locations across Tamil Nadu in connection with their probe into a banned terrorist organisation, Hizb-ut-Tahrir. The anti-terror agency raided multiple locations including Chennai, Trichy, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Erode and Thiruppur.
"The raids are still going on," sources said.
The NIA arrested an individual in 2021 following searches conducted at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with the Madurai Hizb-ut-Tahrir case.
The case was initially registered under various charges of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 13(1)(b) of Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act, 1967 at Thideer Nagar police station in Madurai city in Tamil Nadu in which Mohammed Iqbal 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.
Tamil Nadu police arrests six Hizb-ut-Tahrir activists
The raids came after six members of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), an international Islamist outfit have been arrested for anti-national activities such as propaganda against holding elections and democracy.
The arrested persons included-- a man in his fifties, his two sons and three others who were aged between 26 and 33. Provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) have been invoked against them.
The arrested persons include Hameed Hussain, who holds a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and till 2021. He had been teaching engineering in colleges. Hussain's father Ahmed Mansoor and brother Abdul Rehman and three others --Mohammed Maurice, Khader Nawaz Sherif and Ahmed Ali-- were also held. All the six men are natives of Chennai.
(With agencies input)
