Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): All 11 Hizb-Ut-Tahrir (HuT) members arrested from Bhopal and Chhindwara were sent on remand on Wednesday for interrogation, informed home minister Narottam Mishra.
The five other members of the organisation arrested from Hyderabad will also be brought to Bhopal for interrogation, he added.
On Tuesday early morning, the Madhya Pradesh ATS (Anti-Terror Squad), along with a team on NIA (National Investigation Agency), conducted raid at several locations of Bhopal and Chhindwara and arrested 11 members of radical Islamist group Hizb-Ut-Tahrir.
Of these, 10 were arrested from Bhopal while one was nabbed from Chhindwara. Police seized provocative literature, cash and electronic gadgets.
According to the release issued by the MP Police, the accused who were arrested from Bhopal were identified as Yasir Khan (29), a resident of Shahjahanabad, (gym trainer), Syed Sami Rizvi (32), a resident of Millennium Habitat Shaheed Nagar (coaching teacher), Shahrukh, a resident of Jawahar Colony, Aishbagh, (tailor), Misbah ul Haq (29), a resident of Housing Board Colony, Aishbagh, (Labourer), Shahid, a resident of Jawahar Colony, Aishbagh (Auto Driver), Syed Danish Ali, a resident of Sonia Gandhi Colony, Aishbagh, (Software Engineer), Mehraj Ali (25), a resident of Aishbagh, (Computer Technician), Khalid Hussain (40), a resident of Barela village, Lalghati, (Teacher and businessman), Wasim Khan, a resident of Aishbagh, and Mohammad Alam (35), a resident of Chowki Imambara.
The officials said that in the camps, the training was imparted to the members by the organisation’s skilled trainers who came from Hyderabad. The police now are also looking for these trainers.
Jehadi literature was distributed secretly by organising darsh (religious meeting) during which provocative speeches were delivered to radicalize the people. They would target the youths who were fierce in nature and would not hesitate to lay down their lives for the cause of the organization, said officials.
