Wednesday | Jun 25 2025 | 09:45:33 PM
New Delhi, June 12
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted another accused in the case relating to the murder of Sreenivasan of Palakkad district by members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala.
In a supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Ernakulam (Kerala), Rafeek M S has been charged under various sections of IPC and UA (P) Act. He is the 64th accused to be chargesheeted in the case.
NIA has so far identified 71 accused in the case, and is continuing with its investigation and search to nab the eight absconders still evading arrest.
Rafeek M S, an active cadre of PFI, had conspired with other accused persons involved in the terror attack on Sreenivasan, as per 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 evidence, and even continued to harbour Shefeek after the attack despite PFI being banned by the Government of India in September 2022.
NIA investigations have further revealed that Rafeek had undergone arms and physical training at a PFI centre in Periyar Valley Campus, Aluva, Ernakulam on various occasions as part of the preparation to commit terrorist acts on behalf of PFI.
The murder conspiracy was part of PFI’s nefarious agenda to establish Islamic Rule in India by 2047.
