Akola, July 20: Three alleged activists of banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were arrested here when they were returning after attending a meeting at Mana village in Mutizapur taluka, police said today. SIMI literature was seized from their possession, they said.
The accused were identified as Sayyad Ibrahim Sayyad Musa, a resident of Rahemat Nagar in Pusad tehsil of Yeatmal district, Abudal Razzak Abdul Karim, a resident of Murtiwase in Jalna and Masud Khan Mahboob Khan, a resident of Aurangabad, District Superintendent of Police, Pravin Padwal told reporters. The activists were arrested yesterday from NH 6, near Murtizapur following a tip off when they were returning in an Indica car, he said.
They were arrested under Section 10 (being members of an unlawful association) and Sec 13 (punishment for unlawful activities) of Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act 1967, he said, adding that offenses were registered late last night. PTI COR at.
—-Agencies