Raj Mohammed threatens to bomb 6 RSS offices [ Tamil Nadu, India]

[ Reported as seen]

On June 6, Raj Mohammed , a resident of Pudukodi, Tamil Nadu, sent Whatapp messages threatening to blow up 6 RSS offices including two in Uttar Pradesh and 4 offices in Karnataka.

The messages were sent to Sangh member Neelkanth Tiwari in Hindi, English, and Kannada from international numbers.

Mohammed was arrested by the local police on the information provided by the Uttar Pradesh ATS.

He was insipired by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, as per the officials from UP ATS conducting the investigation. According to a report by the Times of India, Additional Director General of Police, ATS, Naveen Arora said Mohammed is a ‘highly radicalized’ young man who used to study and follow jihadi literature. He said, “We have got a forensic examination conducted on his mobile phone recovered from his possession, reports of which are awaited.” The officers also told that the WhatsApp and other chats retrieved by the cyber unit of the ATS revealed that Raj Mohammad was in touch with some suspicious groups in Lebanon and Syria. According to ATS sources, Mohammed believed that he was the messianic person who would banish injustice and evil from the earth.

Officers further disclosed that when asked why he threatened to place bombs exclusively in the states of Karnataka and UP, the accused said he was angry that Muslim girls were not permitted to wear the hijab in Karnataka schools. He was also aggravated by the Gyanvapi issue in Uttar Pradesh. Raj Mohammad told the authorities that he used the internet to identify the locations and office holders for the RSS before sending messages on WhatsApp. The ATS officers said, “Some of them accepted the link sent to join his group, while others did not.”

The investigation also disclosed that since 2018 Mohammed had been a member of Popular Front India ( PFI).