Chennai tense as Thowheed Jamaath members protest after their Pakistan-owned HQ was seized below Enemy Property Act

A tense scenario prevailed in Mannady space in Chennai on Wednesday after controversial Islamic organisation Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ) protested towards officers who had come to seal the constructing for violating the Enemy Property Act.
According to the studies, the officers from Custodian of Enemy Property for India, Mumbai, accompanied by income authorities and native police, had arrived at Chennai to seal off the Thowheed Jamath headquarters, which is registered because the property of Pakistan below the Enemy Property Act 1968.
The Thowheed Jamaat, whose constructing is registered because the property of Pakistan, had acquired a number of notices from the state authorities for violating the Enemy Property Act. Following no motion from their finish, officers from Custodian of Enemy Property for India, Mumbai, accompanied by income authorities and native police, sealed the workplace on Wednesday.
Reportedly, the constructing was initially been granted to Abdul Rahman, the Vice President of TNTJ, for the aim of working a lungi agency. However, Rahman has been utilizing the constructing for serving because the headquarters of the TNTJ. In truth, Rahman solely holds the facility of legal professional, for the reason that precise property belongs to Tuba Khaleeli, who now lives in Pakistan.
After the Indo-Pak battle of 1965, the Enemy Property Act was enacted in 1968, which regulates such properties and lists the custodian’s powers. Following the claims of heirs of Raja Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan, on his properties throughout Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Act was amended.
Towheed Jamath members protest exterior workplace, create public nuisance
As the information unfold, the office-bearers of TNTJ assembled close to the premises from completely different components of the town and protested towards the motion. The protest continued for practically two hours inflicting a extreme nuisance to the general public.
The Enemy Property Act of 1968 provides powers to the Custodian of Enemy Property for India to keep up custody of such property, together with its rights, curiosity, title and every other advantages.
The nation has a complete of 9,400 enemy properties, that’s the land left or offered by individuals who moved to Pakistan after Independence, which is price Rs 1 lakh crore. In 2017, the Union authorities handed Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) act that denied the authorized heirs their proper over the enemy property. 
Thowheed Jamath says they pay lease, wish to purchase the property
Meanwhile, Abdul Rahman, Vice President of TNTJ, stated that the workplace of Thowheed Jamaath is positioned on the enemy property and when the Union authorities determined to eliminate the enemy property, they began paying lease to the federal government. He added that the unconventional Islamic organisation additionally considered buying the land.
However, on Wednesday, with none notification, many policemen had been deployed close to the workplace and we had been made to depart, Rahman stated. The Union authorities determined to grab the property with none notification and this isn’t acceptable, he claimed.
Rahman claimed that there have been political motives behind the transfer. “This is an act to humiliate us but we will not get angered. Even if we plan to protest, we will do it in a democratic way.” he stated.