New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted the main assailant in the Palakkad Sreenivasan murder case linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).
Shamnad E.K., alias Shamnad Ellikkal, has been charged under various sections of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court in Ernakulam, Kerala.
The accused, arrested in April this year after a three-year-long hunt, is among 71 persons identified in the case. So far, 65 have been chargesheeted. Shamnad, a trained cadre of the PFI’s “Service Wing” tasked with carrying out terrorist acts, had carried a reward of Rs 7 lakh while evading arrest.
Investigations revealed that in preparation for the 2022 killing of the RSS leader, Shamnad underwent arms and physical training at several PFI centres in Malappuram district, including Malabar House at Randathani, Green Valley at Manjeri, and the PFI office at Achipilakkal.
According to the NIA, the killing was part of the PFI’s conspiracy to unleash terror with the nefarious agenda of establishing Islamic rule in India by 2047.
