Hyderabad: Congress leader Digvijay Singh stirred controversy on Monday when he alleged that the state police was luring Muslim youth to join the Islamic State, the terror outfit.
In his series of tweets, Digvijay wrote, “It was on their (Telangana police) information that MP (Madhya Pradesh) police arrested accused who were responsible for the bomb blast in train in Shajapur district of MP. It also resulted in Saifullah encounter in Kanpur the same day. The issue is whether Telangana police should be trapping Muslim Youths in becoming ISIS modules by posting inflammatory messages. (sic)”
Mr Singh, a former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, who was relieved as the Congress’ in-charge of Goa and Karnataka states recently, was referring to a suspected IS operator Saifullah, who was killed in an anti-terror operation in Lucknow in early March allegedly on a tip off from the TS police.
Mr Singh questioned Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao: “Is it ethical? Is it moral? Has KCR authorised Telangana Police to trap Muslim youths and encourage them to join ISIS? If he has then shouldn't he own the responsibility and resign. (sic) ”
He added, “If he hasn’t shouldn’t he enquire and punish those who are responsible for committing such a heinous crime.(sic)”
It may be recalled that after Maoists had killed 25 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Sukma in Chhattisgarh on April 24, Mr Singh had accused Chief Minister Raman Singh of “helping” Maoists.
