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NIA chargesheets another accused for promoting banned PFI's activities in Bihar
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted one more accused in a case relating to the anti-national activities of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Bihar, the NIA said in a statement on Friday. Md. Sajjad Alam of East Champaran district, Bihar, is the 18th accused to be arrested and charged in the case RC-31/2022/NIA/DLI. In its supplementary chargesheet filed on Friday before the NIA Special Court, Patna, the anti-terror agency has charged the accused, who was arrested from IGI Airport at New Delhi on his arrival from Dubai (UAE) in January this year, under various sections of the IPC and UA(P) Act. Earlier, the NIA Special Court had issued an arrest warrant against Sajjad, an active PFI cadre. NIA Investigations had revealed that the accused was involved in channelising illegal funds from Dubai to PFI cadres in Bihar through a syndicate based in Karnataka and Kerala. The funds were used for furthering criminal/unlawful activities of PFI even after its ban by the Government of India. The PFI conspiracy, aimed at establishing Islamic rule in India by 2047, involved unlawful activities by the outfit's cadres in order to terrorise people and disrupt the country's peace and harmony by spreading religious enmity between different groups. The case was originally registered on 12th July 2022 at PS Phulwarisharif in Patna district against 26 persons under the IPC. NIA took up the investigation a few days later and invoked the UA (P) Act in the case and had earlier chargesheeted 17 accused persons, the NIA said. Further investigations in the case are continuing, it added. Earlier, in a significant development in its ongoing probe into the targeted murder of BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Nettaru, allegedly carried out by members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested a prime accused who had been on the run for two years. The accused, Abdul Rahaman, who carried a bounty of Rs 4 lakh, was arrested by an NIA team upon his arrival from Qatar at Kannur International Airport. A total of four accused, including Rahaman and two other absconders, were chargesheeted by NIA in this case in April this year, taking the total chargesheeted in the case to had also declared rewards for information relating to six absconders. Rahaman was carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh for this investigations had revealed that 'Rahaman had, on directions of PFI leadership, voluntarily harboured the main assailants and others involved in the case.''Rahaman had fled to Qatar after the attackers were arrested,' said the NIA in a statement. Nettaru was brutally killed with sharp weapons by PFI cadres and members on July 26, 2022 in Bellare village of Sullia Taluk in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district. The killing was part of a larger conspiracy aimed at striking terror among the people and unleashing communal hatred and unrest in the which had re-registered the case as of August 4, 2022, is trying to track down the remaining absconders. (ANI)
India Gazette
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- India Gazette
Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA arrests wanted accused on arrival from Qatar
ANI 04 Jul 2025, 19:37 GMT+10 New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): In a significant development in its ongoing probe into the targeted murder of BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Nettaru, allegedly carried out by members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested a prime accused who had been on the run for two years. The accused, Abdul Rahaman, who carried a bounty of Rs 4 lakh, was arrested by an NIA team upon his arrival from Qatar at Kannur International Airport. A total of four accused, including Rahaman and two other absconders, were chargesheeted by NIA in this case in April this year, taking the total chargesheeted in the case to 28. NIA had also declared rewards for information relating to six absconders. Rahaman was carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh for this arrest. NIA investigations had revealed that 'Rahaman had, on directions of PFI leadership, voluntarily harboured the main assailants and others involved in the case.' 'Rahaman had fled to Qatar after the attackers were arrested,' said the NIA in a statement. Nettaru was brutally killed with sharp weapons by PFI cadres and members on July 26, 2022 in Bellare village of Sullia Taluk in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district. The killing was part of a larger conspiracy aimed at striking terror among the people and unleashing communal hatred and unrest in the society. NIA, which had re-registered the case as of August 4, 2022, is trying to track down the remaining absconders. (ANI)
The Print
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NIA arrests key absconding accused in murder of Karnataka BJP leader
A total of four accused, including Rahaman and two other absconders, were chargesheeted by the NIA in the case in April this year, taking the total chargesheeted in the case to 28. The accused, Abdul Rahaman, was taken into custody by the NIA team at the Kannur International Airport in Kerala on his arrival from Qatar, they said. New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested a key accused, who had been absconding for the last two years, in connection with its probe into the brutal murder of BJP leader Praveen Nettaru in Karnataka, officials said. The NIA had also declared rewards for information relating to six absconders. Rahaman was carrying a reward of Rs four lakh for this arrest. Investigations revealed that Rahaman, on directions of PFI leadership, voluntarily harboured the main assailants and others involved in the case, the agency said in a statement, adding that he fled to Qatar after the attackers were arrested. Nettaru was killed with sharp weapons by PFI cadres/members on July 26, 2022, in Bellare village of Sullia Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, the statement said. The killing was part of a larger conspiracy aimed at striking terror among the people and unleashing communal hatred and unrest in the society, the NIA said. The NIA, which re-registered the case on August 4, 2022, is trying to track down the remaining absconders. PTI AKV AKV MPL MPL This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Indian Express
12 hours ago
- Indian Express
NIA arrests key accused in Praveen Nettaru murder case on his arrival from Qatar
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested a key accused in the murder of Praveen Nettaru, a Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha leader, upon his arrival at Kerala's Kannur International Airport from Qatar. The arrested, identified as Abdul Rahaman, had been absconding for the past two years after Nettaru was hacked to death with sharp weapons by members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), a proscribed outfit, on July 26, 2022, in the Dakshina Kannada district. Investigations had revealed that Abdul Rahaman had, on the directions of PFI leadership, voluntarily harboured the main assailants and others involved in the case. Rahaman, who carried a reward of Rs 4 lakh, had fled to Qatar after the attackers were arrested. After Rahaman's arrest, NIA said on Friday, 'The killing was part of a larger conspiracy aimed at striking terror among the people and unleashing communal hatred and unrest in the society.' The NIA, in April, chargedheeted four accused, including Rahaman, in the murder case, taking the total number of charge-sheeted people to 28. Six accused in the case had gone into hiding, prompting the Central agency to declare rewards to those providing information on the absconders. In January, NIA announced the arrest of Ateeq Ahmed, a key accused in the case. According to the agency, Ahmed had under the PFI leadership's guidance harboured and assisted Mustafa Paichar, identified as the chief conspirator in the case. Ahmed is the 21st accused to be arrested in the case. Paichar had planned and executed Nettaru's murder at Bellare, which was carried out as part of PFI's agenda to instigate communal unrest among people, said the NIA that took over the case from Karnataka Police in August 2022. Investigations revealed that PFI had formed secret teams called 'PFI Service Teams' or 'Killer Squads' to carry out targeted killings, the agency stated in its initial chargesheet.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Time of India
STF seizes 1.5kg heroin, arrests 2 in Murshidabad raid
Kolkata: Bengal Police's STF on Tuesday seized 1.5kg of heroin and cash worth over Rs 1 crore and arrested two persons during a raid in Murshidabad district's Shamsherganj. One of the suspects was identified as Jalal Uddin Barbhuiya (53) from Silchar in Assam. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The other, Dil Rahaman alias Rahul (31) is a resident of Suti with roots in Assam. "The seized contraband would have been worth around Rs 1 crore in the grey market," said SP (operations) Indrajit Basu. According to STF officials, the two had just arrived from Silchar when they were apprehended. The raid was conducted at a house belonging to Rahaman's in-laws, suggesting possible local connections in the drug trafficking network. Rahaman moved in and out of Shamsherganj and was on the radar following some suspicious financial transactions during the Murshidabad violence in April. A senior STF official said the operation represented a significant blow to the "inter-state drug trafficking network operating between Assam and Bengal". A case was registered at Shamsherganj police station under sections of NDPS Act.
