The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a comprehensive charge sheet against 17 individuals in connection with the Hijb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) case.
The NIA investigations revealed that the members of HuT were clandestinely recruiting and building their cadres in Madhya Pradesh. It has also been established that “the accused were inspired by the HuT’s radical ideology, which aimed at creating a Shariat-based Islamic nation in India through the means of violent acts".
As an organisation, they kept their activities secret to avoid being caught, added like-minded people to their group and organised training camps secretly. Their preparations included training in arms-shooting and commando tactics to their group members. Their plans and tactics extended to attacks on police personnel and targeting individuals of different communities.
This intent was to threaten the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of India, with the explicit goal of striking terror among people.
THE 17 ACCUSED
The accused are:
- Mohammad Alam, s/o Mohammad Saeed Khan
- Misbah ul Hasan, s/o Nadeem Akhatar
- Mehraj Ali, s/o Syed Masroor Ali
- Khalid Hussain, s/o Sajid Hussain
- Syed Sami Rizvi, s/o Late Syed Izhar Rizvi
- Yasir Khan, s/o Mushtaq Khan
- Salman Ansari, s/o Abdul Saeed
- Syed Danish Ali, s/o Syed Anwar Ali
- Mohammad Shahrukh, s/o Mohammad Saeed
- Mohammad Wasim, s/o Mohammad Salim
- Mohammad Kareem, s/o Mohammad Haneef
- Mohammad Abbas Ali, s/o B Cheriyalu
- Mohammad Hameed, s/o Mohammad Khwaja Pasha
- Mohammad Saleem, s/o Ashok Rajvaidhya
- Abdur Rahman, s/o Ravi Narayan Panda
- Sheikh Junaid, s/o Late Sheikh Jaleel
- Mohammad Salman, s/o Mohammad Yakub
The case was initially registered as FIR No: 05/2023 dated 09.05.2023 by STF/ATS Bhopal under sections 120B, 153B and 121A of Indian Penal Code-1860, and sections 13(1)(b), 17,18 & 18B of UA(P) Act-1967.
Further investigations in the case remain in progress.
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