The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a supplementary chargesheet against one accused in the case involving the activities of The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the proscribed terrorist outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The NIA has charged Faisal Muneer alias Ali Bhai, a resident of Talab Khatikan area under police station Peer Mitha, Jammu for conspiring with Pakistan-based operatives of LeT/TRF for transportation of firearms and explosives for carrying out terrorist acts in India, the NIA said in a statement.
“He 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 commission of terror acts in India, as per NIA investigations,” the NIA said. The agency further said, “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.”
Faizal is the fourth person to be chargesheeted in the case registered suo moto by NIA on November 18, 2021. The NIA had earlier filed a chargesheet against the accused Arsalan Feroz alias Arsalan Soub, Muzamil Mushtaq Bhat alias Hamza and Mudasir Ahmed Dar respectively on June 18, November 9 and December 17, 2022.
The three accused, found to be working at the behest of LeT/TRF operatives, as Over Ground Workers (OGWs), were charged under various sections of the law like the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.