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Mumbai:
Mumbai police has announced cash rewards for any kind of
information on the person or persons involved in leaking the
"terror alert" letters sent to all police stations stating
to monitor the activities of the Girls Islamic Organization (GIO)
- girls' wing of Jamaat-e-Islami in India, a media report said
Thursday.
According to a report published in
the local Urdu daily Urdu Times, the Mumbai police is
finding it tough to identify the culprit who leaked the alert
notification to the press.
The letter circulated to all police
station was supposed to be confidential. It, however, was leaked
to the press causing huge embarrassment to the Mumbai police. The
Mumbai police later apologized to the GIO and its parent
organisation Jamaate Islami Hind.
The Urdu Times quoting a high level
official said that the Mumbai police while announcing the cash
reward for any information on the culprit also said that tough
action would be taken whoever is found guilty in the matter.
The report also said that a special
team of Mumbai police is secretly investigating the call records
and e-mails of suspected staff.
The report said that the circular
had many things in it. However, only two point were leaked to the
press.
The content of the letter leaked to
the press stated
that the GIO is trying to recruit young women and girls.
It also
mentioned names of two women, Swaleha Baji and Smaiyya. While the
former has been referred as the Maharashtra chief of GIO, Smaiyya
is said to be recruiting people, according to a report published
in the Times of India and some other newspapers.
"People are now attracted towards science. These women are trying
to ask girls to wear a burqa and study Islam. We have asked police
stations to monitors their activities," The Times of India quoted
Sanjay Shintre, who heads the special branch's intelligence wing,
as saying.
However, the Jamat office, vehemently denied the allegations and said
they were planning to sue the Mumbai police for making defamatory
statements against them.
“We are not a violent organisation.
Our job is to connect with Muslims across the country and do good
work. We work for social reforms and fight for women’s rights
too", Sunday Mid-Day quoted Tauffiq Aslam Khan, president of
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, as saying.
"We do believe in Jihad, but in
non-violent, spiritual Jihad. We are considering legal action
against the Mumbai police,” he added.
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