Hyderabad: In a series of tweets, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, on Monday sparked a controversy. He claimed that Telangana cops are trying to trap Muslim men in joining them to the Islamic state.
The congress in charge of Telangana also claimed that a fake ISIS site has been set up by the police and Muslim men are encouraged to be a part of it, HT reported.
Telangana Police has set up a bogus ISIS site which is radicalising Muslim Youths and encouraging them to become ISIS Modules.
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) May 1, 2017
“It was on their information that MP (Madhya Pradesh) police arrested accused who were responsible for the bomb blast in a train in Shajapur District of MP. It also resulted in Saifullaha encounter in Kanpur the same day,” he added.
It was on their information that MP Police arrested accused who were responsible for the bomb blast in train in Shajapur District of MP
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) May 1, 2017
He spoke about an IS suspect killed in Lucknow in an anti-terror encounter in March. He questioned whether K Chandrasekhar Rao had authorised his police to capture Muslim youth.
The issue is whether Telangana Police should be trapping Muslim Youths in becoming ISIS modules by posting inflammatory information?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) May 1, 2017
Is It Ethical ? Is it Moral ? Has KCR authorised Telangana Police to trap Muslim Youths and encourage them to join ISIS ?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) May 1, 2017
I agree but what about the Telangana Police which is posting inflammatory postings to radicalise Muslim Youth through their fake ISIS site?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) May 1, 2017
“Is it ethical? Is it moral? Has KCR authorised Telangana Police to trap Muslim Youths and encourage them to join ISIS?” he tweeted, referring to the terror group by its other name, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
After a few tweets, Telangana minister for information technology and industries KT Rama Rao, son of KCR also responded with a tweet.
Most irresponsible & reprehensible thing coming from a former CM. Request you to withdraw these comments unconditionally or provide evidence https://t.co/cg7p7Ym48X
— KTR (@KTRBRS) May 1, 2017
Telangana police chief Anurag Sharma refuted Singh’s charges and said, “I don’t know on what basis he (Digvijay Singh) has made such wild allegations. They are utterly baseless and we strongly deny his comments.”
An IS suspect Saifullah was killed by UP anti-terror squad on prompt of Telangana Police. He was linked with a blast in Bhopal-Ujjain train, where 10 people were injured.
Before accusing KCR, Singh had accused chief minister Raman Singh of killing of CPRF personnel in Sukma attack.