Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, August 4
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against four persons in the case relating to unlawful and anti-national activities of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Patna.
The fresh Chargesheet has been filed in the NIA Special Court, Patna, Bihar, against Md Tanweer alias Md Tanweer, Md Aabid, Md Belal and Md. Irshad Alam, all residents of East Champaran district of Bihar. The four accused PFI cadres were operating, along with other accused in planning of violent criminal acts by arranging arms and ammunition and in propagating the PFIs ideology and agenda of violent extremism.
They have been charged under various sections of IPC, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, and Arms Act, 1959. A total of 15 accused, including the four chargesheeted today, have been arrested so far for promoting the unlawful activities of PFI and channelizing illegal funds from abroad to the PFI members/accused persons in this case.
As per NIA investigations, Md. Irshad Alam is a member of the criminal syndicate which was involved, along with other PFI cadres, in a criminal conspiracy related to attack and kill a youth belonging to a particular community, with the intention to spread terror and communal hatred.
Md. Tanweer and Md. Abid had already terror hardware for carrying out the hate crime and had handed over the same to one of the arrested accused, Yaqub Khan. Yaqub is a PFI master trainer of weapons and tactics and had conducted multiple arms training sessions for furthering the banned outfit’s violent and unlawful activities.
The case was initially registered at Phulwarisharif police station of Patna against 26 persons. It was taken over and re-registered by NIA on July 22, last year.
