The Crime Branch (CB) has filed a chargesheet against five suspected terrorists belonging to the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who were arrested from here in February this year, at the Rourkela SDJM Court.
Notably, four SIMI operatives and a woman were arrested from Nala Road under the Plant Site police station here on February 16.
Rourkela police, Special Operations Group, Telangana police, State Special Tactical Unit and Intelligence Bureau had arrested the five in a joint multiagency operation after exchange of fire.
The four natives of Madhya Pradesh, wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), were allegedly involved in 17 terror activities around the country including the Bijnor bomb blasts, inciting communal hatred, bank robberies and murder of police officials. They were also involved in a bank robbery in Sundargarh. They had escaped from the Khandwa jail in Madhya Pradesh in 2013.