Five suspected operatives of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) were chargesheeted on Wednesday by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a Delhi court for their alleged involvement in hatching a conspiracy to carry out terror strikes in the country. The charge sheet has been filed against Mohammad Danish Ansari, Mohammad Aftab Alam, Imran Khan, Syed Maqbool and Obaid-Ur-Rehman under various penal provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the IPC relating to conspiracy to commit certain offences against the state. The chargesheet was filed before district judge I.S. Mehta who fixed it for consideration for Thursday, court sources said.
In its chargesheet, NIA has said the five persons were active members of the banned terror outfit and were hatching a conspiracy to carry terror acts in the country. NIA also said its probe against 12 absconding accused, including IM founder Riyaz Bhatkal, is still going on. The NIA has declared a reward of `10 lakhs against each of these accused for giving information leading to their arrest. In its chargesheet, the NIA claims to have traced the whole chain of conspiracy. The chargesheet gives details about the role of IM’s top leaders, their involvement in other blasts across the country. The NIA has also given details on their training grounds.
The court had earlier issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against Riyaz Bhatkal and nine other alleged operatives of IM in connection with the case registered against them by NIA. The NBWs were issued against Pakistan-based Riyaz Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal, Mohsin Chaudhary, Amir Reza Khan, Dr Shahnawaz Alam, Asadullah Akhtar, Ariz Khan, Mohammed Khalid, Mirza Shadab Beg and Mohd Sajid, who all are alleged IM operatives.