Tablighi FIR: Police investigation indicates Saad’s audio clip was tampered with

Markaz Nizamuddin Chief Maulana Saad Kandhalvi

The initial investigation by the Delhi Police Crime Division discovered that an audio clip mentioned in the police FIR against Markaz Nizamuddin’s chief Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, which suggested that he had asked the Tablighi Jamaat members not to follow social restraint rules and prohibitive orders, can be “manipulated”. and stitched together using multiple audio files.

Police have now sent all of the individual audio clips, as well as the allegedly tampered with clip, to a forensic science lab.

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Saad and six others associated with the management committee of Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid, the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat team, had been reserved by Delhi police on charges of wrongful death not amounting to murder (IPC Section 304) for allegedly continuing a gathering of around 2,000 people in the capital’s Nizamuddin West mosque in late March despite warnings from the authorities.

The Markaz event has been linked to several Covid-19 cases across the country. (Praveen Khanna Express File Photo)

The event has been linked to several Covid-19 cases across the country.

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The FIR was recorded on the basis of a complaint from SHO (Hazrat Nizamuddin) Mukesh Walia, who alleged that “an audio recording allegedly by Maulana Mohd Saad was found to be in circulation on WhatsApp on March 21, in which the speaker was heard asking his followers to challenge confinement and social distancing, and attend the religious meeting of the Markaz. “

Highly located sources told The Indian Express that police recovered a laptop from the Markaz member who pulled out his audio clips and had checked everything out. “After scanning them, the police discovered that there are more than 350 audio clips in three forms: raw clips from Markaz events; audio clips sent to your followers; and those uploaded to your YouTube channel, “said a source.

A team led by Inspector Satish Kumar, which has been trying to find the specific audio that went viral and was mentioned in the FIR, has so far not retrieved that clip from the laptop. On the other hand, investigators discovered that Saad’s comments about the police and religion of other events had been taken out of context and manipulated.

In the audio clip mentioned in the FIR, a man can be heard saying “there is no need for social distancing since it is not written in our religion”. “The research team noted that the viral audio is a mix of various clips, which have been edited and modified. They listened to all the audio clips again and found that statements of around 20 had been used. Kumar informed his superiors about the development and were asked to send all the clips and the viral audio to the FSL for further examination, “he said. a fountain.

Previously, Special CP (Crime) Praveer Ranjan had said: “We have found an audio clip that is going viral on social media, and now we are sending it to forensic experts. We are gathering evidence to corroborate that they continued the event despite warnings from various agencies. “On Friday, he did not take calls or respond to messages.

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