In a joint operation on Thursday, Maharashtra ATS and Kerala police conducted a raid in Navi Mumbai and picked up Qureshi from his Seawoods residence.
After state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a close 'aide' of Islamic scholar Zakir Naik on charges of allegedly converting youth from Kerala and inciting them to join Islamic State (IS), Mumbai police have stated that they would inquire if Naik's aide, who was associated with Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), was instrumental in conversion in Mumbai too. The Mumbai police will be coordinating with ATS on this new aspect. Mumbai police has not given any clean chit to Naik and would be submitting their report to the government by next week.
"We are on the final stages of wrapping up our probe wherein the state government had ordered us to probe in Naik's speeches and social media posts to ascertain if there was anything that could instigate anyone or were radical in nature. Now that one Arshi Qureshi, who is associated with IRF was arrested by the ATS after it was alleged that he was instrumental in forced conversion of few youths and motivated them to join IS, we too are making inquiry into this aspect to ascertain if such conversion had taken in Mumbai also or not. The ATS too would be providing us information about Qureshi and we would incorporate their information in our report," said a senior officer from Mumbai police, requesting anonymity.
In a joint operation on Thursday, Maharashtra ATS and Kerala police conducted a raid in Navi Mumbai and picked up Qureshi from his Seawoods residence. A case under sections 153A (for promoting enmity between different groups) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code and relavant section of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in Kochi police station. Qureshi was produced before a court in CBD Belapur which granted his transit police custody till July 25. Kerala police would be probing further, police said.
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