NIA conducts searches in MP and Rajasthan in Hizb-ut-Tahrir case

New Delhi, June 14
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) searched several locations in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Jhalawar in Rajasthan in a terror conspiracy case relating to the banned the Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT).
Three locations were extensively searched in Bhopal and two in Jhalawar as part of the agency’s continuing probe into the activities of HuT and its members in the case.
The NIA teams seized digital devices during the searches and those will be sent for forensic analysis.
The case, registered by NIA as part of its efforts to destroy various terrorist and radical networks and outfits trying to spread mayhem across India, relates to HuT conspiracy to radicalize and recruit vulnerable Muslim youth. The youth were being motivated to spread violence in a bid to overthrow India’s democratically elected government and establish an Islamic State governed by Shariah law.
NIA is continuing with its investigations in the case.