Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Dec 9: The police, during the questioning of the accused involved with two incidents of graffiti containing pro-terrorist slogans in the city, have realised that they were directed to create the graffiti by a person from abroad.
Mohammed Shaarik from Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district is the main accused in the case. A person who used to contact him through the internet phone call encouraged him to indulge in this kind of deeds to win state-wide attention and create a movement. The caller wanted the things to be done in coastal Karnataka. Shaarik then searched the internet and YouTube, searching for activities which suit him the best He then stumbled on graffiti and executed the plan. The person who issued directions and members involved with this incident are members of a WhatsApp group with its admin at Pune, sources revealed.
Mohammed Shaarik lives at Thirthahalli while Maz Munir Ahammed lives in the city. Shaarik had given the responsibility of observing developments of the activity to Maz. Maz, an engineering student, had initially dithered from taking this responsibility. But Shaarik succeeded in taking him into confidence, as both hail from the same place. They initially wrote slogans on the wall near the court complex but this graffiti went unnoticed. As such, they wrote on a wall near Bejai. Once the act became big news, Maz became anxious and informed his family. After having bent under peer pressure, he is now in jail.
The police also have been questioning another person from Thirthahalli named Sadat. During the questioning of Shaarik and Maz Munir Ahammed, the police came to know that there was another person at the spot. He too has been taken into custody. Sadat reportedly arranged funds for Shaarik and then helped him to escape from the searching police, it is learnt during the questioning.
Even though both got Covid negative reports they could not be produced in the court on Tuesday as the official report of the health department was not received. The police now want to produce the accused in the court on Wednesday afternoon and then seek their police custody.