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Nizamabad PFI case: NIA files supplementary charge-sheet against five in special court

They misinterpreted religious texts and proclaimed that violence was necessary to alleviate the sufferings of Muslims, the NIA said.

BySouth First Desk

Published Mar 17, 2023 | 3:33 PM ⚊UpdatedMar 17, 2023 | 3:33 PM

NIA Headquarters New Delhi. (Creative Commons)

Following the completion of the investigations into the case pertaining to the criminal conspiracy hatched by Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders and cadres to recruit and radicalise youth and organise arms training camps for them, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a supplementary charge sheet on Thursday, 16 March, against five accused in NIA special court in Hyderabad in the Nizamabad PFI case.

The five accused, Shaik Raheem alias Abdul Raheem, Shaik Vahaid Ali alias Abdul Wahed Ali, Jafrulla Khan Pathan, Shaik Riyaz Ahmed and Abdul Waris have been charge sheeted under Sections 120B, 153A of IPC and Sections 13(1)(b), 18, 18A and 18B of the UA(P) Act, 1967.

Earlier, in December 2022, the 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 Nizamabad PFI case had initially been registered as FIR No. 141/2022 on 04.07.2022 at the Nizamabad Town Police Station-4 in the district.

Related: NIA files charge sheet in Hyderabad court against 11 PFI men

‘Trained PFI cadres’

The accused persons who were charged on Thursday are trained PFI cadres who were found involved in provoking and radicalising impressionable Muslim youth, recruiting them into the PFI and imparting weapons training in specifically organised PFI training camps, said NIA in the charge sheet.

According to the NIA, their 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 a violent form of Jihad was necessary to alleviate the sufferings of Muslims in India, the NIA said.

Once recruited into the PFI, the Muslim youth were sent to the training camps organised 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 etc, added the investigative agency.

The PFI and its many affiliates were declared as an ‘unlawful association’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in September 2022 after its involvement in violent activities, which came to light during investigations carried out by various state police units and national agencies.