NIA files chargesheet against Al Qaeda operative in AQIS module case

The National Investigation Agency filed a supplementary charge sheet in Special NIA Court against an alleged operative of the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent for his involvement in a conspiracy for furthering the activities of the banned terrorist organisation in India.

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet in Special NIA Court against an alleged operative of the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) for his involvement in a conspiracy for furthering the activities of the banned terrorist organisation in India.

The agency filed the charge sheet against Abu Sufiyan, a resident of Murshidabad in West Bengal under charges of the Explosives Substance Act, 1908.

"Today (29.10.2021), NIA filed Supplementary Chargesheet in Special NIA Court, New Delhi against an accused person namely Abu Sufiyan r/o Murshidabad, West Bengal u/s 4 & 5 of the Explosives Substance Act, 1908," according to an official press release.

The instant case was registered by NIA on September 11, 2020, against Murshid Hasan alias Sofiq and other members of the AQIS module active in Delhi, West Bengal and Kerala who were in the advanced stage of conspiracy to execute terrorist attacks in different parts of the country.

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Earlier, Chargesheet was filed against 11 arrested accused persons including Abu Sufiyan under various sections of IPC, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Arms Act on February 26 this year.

NIA investigation revealed that Abu Sufiyan was involved in a conspiracy with other co-accused for furthering the activities of AQIS in India.

Earlier, in the search conducted at the premises of Sufiyan in Murshidabad in 2020, the agency said, various incriminating materials used for making bombs and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were recovered.

"Further Investigation revealed that Sufiyan had gathered technical knowhow online for making bombs and had purchased raw materials and created a storage dump in his house with the intention of fabricating IEDs," the agency said.