New Delhi, July 4
In a significant move to curtail the anti-India activities of the banned Hizb ut Tahrir (HuT) terror outfit, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a property of an accused arrested in connection with a Tamil Nadu based criminal conspiracy aimed at establishing the Islamic Caliphate in India.
The property of Bava Bahrudeen alias Mannai Bava, located at No. 58H Ashrath Awliya, Manshoor Thaikkal, Gandhiji Road, Thanjavur in Survey No. 2983 of Ward 6 of Thanjavur Joint I Sub Registrar Office (SRO), has been attached under section 25 of UA(P) Act, 1967. The property's land is owned by Hazarat Sams Manssor Peer Avuliya Dargah Trust Board, and was ‘sold’ without formal registration to accused Bava Bahrudeen.
Bava Bahrudeen, along with co-accused, was using the property for HuT’s activities since 2015. They were conducting clandestine indoctrination and recruitment activities through secret classes and radicalisation sessions. They had also organised Khilafah Exhibitions showcasing the military strength of Islamic nations—namely Egypt, Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan, at the said property.
The case relates to the conspiracy of self-styled office bearers of HuT to promote the outfit’s ideology and enforce the constitution written by HuT’s founder Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani. The accused persons conducted secret Bayaans to radicalise youth to follow the ideologies of HuT, which seeks military assistance (Nusra) from forces inimical to India and is working towards overthrowing the country’s democratically elected government.
