The accused darkish internet apps to speak with one another, the police added. (Representational)
Bhopal:
A module of the unconventional Islamist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir has been busted and 16 members of the outfit arrested by Madhya Pradesh police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad or ATS at the moment. The ATS made the arrests from Bhopal and Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh and Hyderabad.
Madhya Pradesh ATS mentioned that the accused had began forming their very own cadre within the state and their purpose was to hyperlink the youth to the organisation by terming the nation’s governance system as anti-Islamic.
In response to the police, the accused used to follow close-combat coaching and capturing by going to the jungles secretly. Individuals from Hyderabad used to return and provides them coaching. Secretly they got provocative speeches, they used darkish internet apps like Rocket Chat and Threema to speak with one another, the police added.
Provocative literature, money and technical tools have been seized from the accused within the early morning raid, mentioned officers. To cover their identification the accused have been working as health club trainers, laptop technicians, tailors, and auto drivers. One of many arrested members was operating a training centre within the identify of Eduforum Tutorials in Kohefiza in Bhopal, the police mentioned. The accused used to recce their goal with a drone digicam, they mentioned.
The community of Hizb-ut-Tahrir or HuT, previously often called Tehreek-e-Khilafat, is unfold in 50 and banned in additional than 16 international locations. HuT has a separate armed wing overseas that trains its cadres in chemical, bacteriological, and organic warfare, the officers mentioned.
The accused used to establish such youths who’ve a little bit violent tendency, who wouldn’t hesitate even to sacrifice their lives for the group, they mentioned.
The plan of the group was so as to add increasingly youths and put together them for Jihad in opposition to different religions. For this, that they had additionally made their map and have been planning to hold out an operation, mentioned the officers.
A case has been registered in opposition to the accused underneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act or UAPA and different sections.
In March final 12 months, the Madhya Pradesh ATS busted the Jamaat-e-Mujahideen Bangladesh module and arrested three Bangladeshi terrorists.