HYDERABAD: National Investigation Agency on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet against the accused in the Popular Front of India case of Nizamabad.
The case pertains to the criminal conspiracy hatched by PFI leaders and cadres to recruit and radicalise youth and organise training camps.
NIA also busted the PFI plans to give arms training for carrying out acts of terror and violence. NIA filed a supplementary charge-sheet against five accused in NIA Special Court, Hyderabad.
The five accused were identified as Shaik Raheem alias Abdul Raheem, Shaik Vahaid Ali alias Abdul Wahed Ali, Jafrulla Khan Pathan, Shaik Riyaz Ahmed and Abdul Waris. They have been charge-sheeted under sections of criminal conspiracy, provoking religious riots and Sections Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Earlier in December 2022, NIA had filed its first chargesheet against 11 accused in the case after taking over the investigations of the case in August 2022 from Telangana Police. The case had initially been registered On August 4 2022, at four town police stations in the Nizamabad district.
"The accused are trained PFI cadres who were found involved in provoking and radicalizing Muslim youth, recruiting them into the PFI and imparting weapons training in specifically organized PFI training camps. The aim was to carry out violent terrorist activities, in furtherance of the conspiracy to establish Islamic rule in the country by 2047. These PFI cadres misinterpreted religious texts and proclaimed that violent form of Jihad was necessary to alleviate the sufferings of Muslims in India" alleged NIA
It further alleged: "Once recruited into the PFI, the Muslim youth were sent to the training camps organized by the accused PFI cadres where they were trained in the use of lethal weapons to kill their ‘targets’ by attacking their vital body parts such as throat, stomach, head".
PFI and its many affiliates were declared as an ‘unlawful association’ by the ministry of home affairs in September 2022 after its involvement in violent activities came to light during investigations carried out by various state police units and national agencies.
