Form special cell to probe \'rise in terror activity\'

Form special cell to probe 'rise in terror activity'

Press Trust of India  |  Hyderabad 

: Senior Bandaru Dattatraya Sunday alleged the NIA searches in the city showed there was a "rise in terror activities' and demanded that the TRS government form a special cell to probe it.

He was referring to the searches by the National Investigation Agency searches at three places here and Wardha of on Saturday in connection with an module case and detention of four suspects for questioning.

The former Union claimed the NIA probe revealed that 'is a safe haven for Islamic terrorist activities.'

"Now the recent NIA probe has revealed that Islamic terrorist activities have increased in and a large number of youths are recruited from there," he told reporters here.

He demanded that the special cell under the supervision of a or take up probe into such activities.

Dattatraya also demanded that the keep a watch in and around and the districts of Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Adilabad and Karimnagar, where he alleged, such activities were prevalent.

He slammed for remaining silent over the matter and said he only criticises the BJP government every now and then.

The NIA had seized several and other documents from houses of the suspects on Saturday.

The agency has been probing the case since 2016 where it is alleged that members of (Islamic State of and Syria) were involved in a 'conspiracy to identify, motivate, radicalise, recruit and train Indian Muslim youth on behalf of the proscribed outfit to carry out terror activities.'

In August 2018, the NIA had arrested two alleged ISIS sympathisers - and from Hyderabad as part of its larger probe into Indian youngsters being radicalised to carry out terror strikes on behalf of the banned international outfit.

On February 7 this year,the NIA had filed a supplementary chargesheet against two accused in connection with its probe in the Abu Dhabi ISIS module case and the raids were carried out in connection with this module based on 'fresh inputs,' official sources had said.

The also demanded postponement of the local body elections between May 6 and 14 and sought to know the need to conduct it 'in a hurried manner' when the general elections were on in the country.

The local body elections can be held later, he said.

Dattatraya accused the of meting out injustice to BCs and demanded the and TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao to respond on the matter.

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First Published: Sun, April 21 2019. 19:15 IST