NIA chargesheets one more accused in Shivamogga ISIS conspiracy case
08-Mar-2024 11:34 PM 6923
Bengaluru, March 8 (Reporter) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday chargesheeted one more accused, while filing additional charges against two others, in the Shivamogga ISIS conspiracy case, relating to writing of graffiti in Mangaluru supporting the proscribed terrorist outfits, Islamic State (IS), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Taliban. In its second Supplementary Chargesheet filed in the case, NIA has charged Arafath Ali, and filed additional charges against Mohammed Shariq and Maaz Muneer Ahmed in the case. Arafath, who had allegedly radicalised and hired the other accused for writing the graffiti in January 2020, was arrested by the NIA at T3 International Airport, New Delhi, on return from Kenya on 14 September 2023. He had earlier fled to Dubai fearing his arrest in another case (the Al-Hind module case) for his association with two absconding accused, Abdul Matheen Taha and Mussavir Hussain Shazeb. It was on the instruction of Abdul Matheen and Mussavir Hussain that Arafath had allegedly indoctrinated Mohamed Shariq, Maaz Muneer Ahmed and others to write graffiti in support of terror and terror outfits at two places in Mangaluri, NIA investigations have revealed. It was further found that Arafath, along with his associates and online handier, was part of a larger conspiracy to further the terror activities of IS/ISIS. Arafat had paid the graffiti writers with funds received from his online handler in the form of crypto-currencies. NIA had earlier filed one main and one supplementary chargesheet against nine accused, including Mohammed Shariq and Maaz Muneer Ahmed. Further investigation in the case is on...////...
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