Crackdown on Pak-based Dawat-e-Islami Soon Amid Fears of More Udaipur-Like Crimes: Intel Sources
News 18Major crackdown is expected soon on Dawat-e-Islami, the Pakistan-based extremist religious group in the headlines after the brutal murder of a tailor in Udaipur, top intelligence sources have told CNN-News18. Ghosh Mohammad — one of the accused who allegedly murdered Kanhaiyalal for social media posts supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in the Prophet remark row — had joined Dawat-e-Islami through Riyasat Hussain and Abdul Razak of Udaipur and had visited Karachi in Pakistan by the end of 2013, along with 30 others from India, CNN-News18 had reported earlier. Sources told News18 that during interrogation it emerged that Akhtari was trying to get close to BJP leaders and workers, especially those affiliated to RSS’ Muslim Rashtriya Manch and BJP Minority Morcha, including Irshad Chainwala and Tahir Raza Khan. The accused duo also carried out a recce of BJP establishments and revealed during interrogation that they were in touch with handlers in Pakistan who asked them to maintain a relationship with the local BJP leaders, sources said.