NIA files supplementary chargesheet against terror operative in LeT offshoot case
The accused has been chargesheeted under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code, Arms Act, and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday i.e. May 15 filed a supplementary chargesheet before NIA Special Court, Patiala House Court against one accused in the case involving activities of the Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT).
The NIA has charged Faisal Muneer @ Ali Bhai with conspiring with Pakistan-based operatives of LeT/TRF for the transportation of firearms and explosives for carrying out terrorist acts in India. As per the NIA, Faisal had entered into a conspiracy with his handlers based across the border to deliver the consignments of weapons and explosives to active terrorist commanders and operatives of these outfits for the commission of terror acts in India.
NIA has charged Faisal under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Arms Act, and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967.
“As part of the conspiracy hatched with other co-accused and handlers/operatives of LeT/TRF, Faisal had actively worked for LeT/TRF and had received funds from operatives of LeT, with the intent to further its terror activities”, the NIA press release read.
Faizal is the fourth person to be chargesheeted in the case registered “suo moto” by NIA on 18th November 2021.
NIA had earlier filed chargesheet against accused Arsalan Feroz @ Arsalan Soub, Muzamil Mushtaq Bhat @ Hamza, and Mudasir Ahmed Dar respectively on June 18, November 9, and December 17, 2022. The three accused, found working at the behest of LeT/TRF operatives, as Overground Workers (OGWs), were charged under various sections of the various laws.
"During investigations, it emerged that Faisal Muneer was working as an active OGW of LeT/TRF, and was involved in receiving, collecting, and supplying weapons /explosives /funds. These materials were sent/dropped from Pakistan via drones in the areas situated near the International Border area of Samba/Kathua, for carrying out terrorist activities in India. After receiving the consignments from his associates, accused Faisal Muneer used to store them at his residence for onward delivery to terrorist operatives and their OGWs, on the directions of the LeT/TRF operatives based across the order", the NIA press release read.