Enough evidence against SIMI : Govt. to SC

The Central Government has informed the Supreme Court that they have evidence against SIMI that is students islamic movement of India . The government has mentioned in the affidavit that SIMI is involved in Ahemedabad, Hyderabad and blasts at various other sites througout the country.

According to the affidavit filed in the apex court, the central government has said that SIMI is still indulging themselves in the same communal and anti-national activities for which they werebanned earlier.
According to the government following are the activities SIMI is indulging in

• Campaign for fund raising: SIMI activists and leaders are traveling far and wide and are exploiting all available opportunities particularly Muslim festivals to raise funds.
• Instigating Muslim for riots: SIMI activists have been found to be vitiating the communal atmosphere of the country and playing on emotions of the people to meet their objectives.
• Circulation of CDs and cassettes: Owing to the restrictions imposed upon the organization following the earlier bans, it isincreasingly using printed as well as audio visual media to propagate their messages. These messages are in the form of provocative speeches which are played before Muslim audiencesurging ‘Jihad’.

The government went on to say that after February 2006 about 60 cases have been registered against the members of SIMI.In addition, SIMI has been acting under shield of frontal organizations in order to clandestinely continue its activities. At the all India level,SIMI has organizations like Tahreek-e-Ehyaa-e-Ummat (TEU), Tehreek-Talaba-e-Arabia (TTA), Tehrik Tahaffuz-e-Sha’aire Islam (TTSI) and Wahadat-e-Islami. At the State level, there are 46 identified front organizations which are being used by SIMI in order to carry out its activities of collection of funds and circulation of literature

The government also mentions SIMI has been inloved in various bomb blasts in India. According to the affidavit SIMI is responsible for

• 7 bomb blasts took place in various local trains in Mumbai and Mumbai Suburbs on 11th July 2006
• Bomb blasts at various places in Ahemdabad on 26th July, 2008 Triple bomb blasts in Male Gaon on 8th September 2006
• Three bomb blasts that occurred on 18th May 2007 and 25th August 2007 in Hyderabad

The matter would be heard on 25th of this month in the Supreme Court.The court had earliar issued notice to SIMI when Central Government moved to the apex court after the tribunal lifted the ban from SIMI