NIA charge-sheets another accused in RSS leader murder case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday charge-sheeted another accused in a case relating to the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Sreenivasan by members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Palakkad, officials said.
In a supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Ernakulam, Rafeek M.S. has been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. He is the 64th accused to be charge-sheeted in the case, the officials said.
71 accused
The NIA has so far identified 71 accused in the case and is continuing with its investigation and search to nab the eight absconders.
Rafeek, an active cadre of the PFI, had conspired with other accused persons involved in the attack on Sreenivasan, as per the NIA investigations.
'He had knowingly harboured Muhammed Shefeek, a key member of the conspiracy and the recce team involved in the murder. Rafeek had also destroyed the evidence and even continued to harbour Shefeek after the attack, despite the PFI being banned by the Government of India in September 2022,' the statement said.
Sreenivisan was murdered on April 16, 2022.
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