NIA files chargesheet in Delhi Court against activities of ‘The Resistance Front’, an offshoot of LeT

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 9, 2022, filed a supplementary charge sheet before the NIA Special Court, Patiala House Courts, Delhi on activities of “The Resistance Front’ (TRF), an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a proscribed terrorist organization.

The charge sheet was filed against an accused named Muzamil Mushtaq Bhat @ Hamza @ Daniyal for his association with Pakistan-based handlers/ operative commanders of LeT/TRF, which had radicalized, motivated, and instigated vulnerable youth to join terrorist groups, such as TRF in Kashmir.

Muzamil has been charged under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Section 25(1AA) of the Arms Act, Section 4 (Punishment for attempt to cause an explosion, or for making or keeping explosives with intent to endanger life or property) of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, and Sections 17 (Punishment for raising funds for a terrorist act), 18 (Punishment for conspiracy, etc), 18B (Punishment for recruiting of any person or persons for the terrorist act), 20 (Punishment for being a member of terrorist gang or organization), 38 (Offence relating to membership of a terrorist organization), and 39 (Offence relating to support given to a terrorist organization) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967.

The NIA press release stated that He entered into a conspiracy with active terrorist commanders in the valley to train the youth of Kashmir to fabricate IEDs/explosives using locally available chemicals. He, along with other co-accused and Pakistan-based handlers/operatives of LeT/TRF actively participated in acts in support of LeT and received funds from Pakistan-based operatives of LeT.

“He also facilitated the transfer of weapons in Kashmir for the furtherance of terrorist activities in India”, the federal agency's press release read.