HYDERABAD:
Over 50 plain-clothes police personnel, including five women, swooped on Maulana
Naseeruddin's house in Saidabad on Wednesday evening and 'searched' the premises
for clues in a conspiracy case. They reportedly seized a computer, some CDs and
a mobile phone.
Maulana
Naseeruddin's wife and his youngest daughter were at home when the police landed
at the doorstep of the founder of Tehreek-e-Tahafuzz-e-Shaan-e-Islam. The
maulana, an accused in the former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya
assassination case, is currently lodged at the Sabarmati jail in
Ahmedabad.
Police, who came in
white Qualis vehicles, reportedly gained entry into the house from the rear side
through a graveyard, bolted the door from inside and conducted the search
without any warrant. The searches, which started at 5.30 pm, continued for 45
minutes. They reportedly were looking for Baleeghuddin Javed, one of the four
sons of the cleric, in a case of conspiracy to wage a war against the country
registered at the Gopalpuram police station in
2007.
Police reportedly bolted
doors of neighbours too in Jeevan Yar Jung Colony so that they do not go to the
family's rescue.
Maulana
Naseeruddin's two other sons-Muqeemuddin Yasir and Rasiuddin Nasir-have been
arrested for terror activities. Yasir is lodged in a city jail, while Nasir has
been incarcerated in the Belgaum
jail.
"The searches were conducted by
the city police regarding a conspiracy case, 198/2007, registered at the
Gopalapuram police station. Some material has been seized," Hyderabad
commisioner of police B Prasada Rao told 'TOI'.
He said that the searches were
conducted under the provisions of the
CrPC.
It is important to note that
the main accused in the Ahmedabad blasts case Mufti Abdul Bashar, during his
two-year stay in the city, spent a lot of time interacting with the youth of
Syed Yaar Jung Colony. "Police officials from the city and OCTOPUS officials who
had questioned Bashar came to know that he moved closely with local youth here.
The searches were to pick up Naseeruddin's son, Javed, whom they could not
find," an official
said.
However, the family
members of Maulana said that police mistreated them during the searches. "The
women police manhandled us when we tried to question them. Using abusive
language and hitting us, they ransacked the place. They did not allow us to even
wear burqa," Tasneem Fatima, the wife of Maulana
said.
His youngest daughter
Safiya Batool alleged that police did not allow them to take care of the
children.