NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday issued a notification designating ISIS-inspired outfit Hizb-Ut-Tahrir (HuT) as a terrorist outfit under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act- UAPA. With this HuT has become the 45th terror outfit, which has been included in the first schedule of the UAPA.In the notification, the MHA has accused HuT and all its affiliates/frontal organisations of indulging in activities aimed at establishing an Islamic state and caliphate globally including in India by overthrowing democratically elected governments through ‘jihad’ and terrorist activities by involving citizens of the country, “which is a grave threat to the democratic set-up and internal security of the country”.“Hizb-Ut-Tahrir is involved in radicalisation and motivating gullible youth to join terrorist organisations, such as ISIS (which is listed as a terrorist organization under the first schedule to the said Act at serial number 38) and raising funds for terror activities,” the notification read.It went on to add: “The Central government believes that ‘Hizb-Ut-Tahrir’ is involved in terrorism and has participated in various acts of terrorism in India.”Meanwhile, continuing with its offensive against HuT, which coincided with the MHA’s move, the NIA raided the house of a key arrested accused involved in anti-India conspiracy in Tamil Nadu, officials in the agency said.“Elaborate searches were conducted in the house of Faizul Rahman in Chennai, resulting in the seizure of several incriminating materials, including digital devices and documents,” a senior NIA official said here.The accused, arrested by NIA on Tuesday, was actively engaging with other arrested accused persons in the case to promote secessionism and seek military assistance from Pakistan to liberate Kashmir, the official alleged, adding that conspiracy was aimed at establishing Khilafat/Islamic rule by overthrowing the Government of India through violent Jihad.“The conspiracy involved secret meetings to spread the divisive ideology of HuT. The accused had run several campaigns throughout Tamil Nadu to promote their secessionist agenda, and had been striving to divide the people by acting against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country,” the official said.
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