New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday chargesheeted one more accused, while filing additional charges against two others, in the Shivamogga ISIS conspiracy case, relating to writing of graffiti in Mangaluru supporting the proscribed terrorist outfits, Islamic State (IS),
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Taliban.In its second Supplementary Chargesheet filed in the case today.
In a statement issued to News Agency Buland Awaaz (BAN) that NIA has charged Arafath Ali, and filed additional charges against Mohammed Sharig and Maaz Muneer Ahmed in the case RC-46/2022/NIA/DLI. Arafath, who had radicalised and hired the other accused for writing the graffiti in January 2020,
was arrested by the NIA at T3 International Airport, New Delhi, on return from Kenya on 14th September 2023.
He had earlier fled to Dubai in anticipation of his arrest in another case (the A-Hind module case) for his association with two absconding accused, Abdul Matheen Taha and
Mussavir Hussain Shazeb.
It was on instructions from Abdul Matheen and Mussavir Hussain that Arafath had indoctrinated
Mohamed Shariq, Maaz Muneer Ahmed and others to write graffiti in support of terror and terror
outfits at two places in Mangaluri, NIA investigations have revealed.
It was further found that Arafath, along with his associates and online handler, was part of a larger
conspiracy to further the terror activities of IS/ISIS. Arafat had paid the graffiti writers with funds
received from his online handler in the form of crypto-currencies.
NIA had earlier filed one main and one supplementary chargesheet against nine accused, including Mohammed Sharig and Maaz Muneer Ahmed.
Further investigations in the case are continuing.CNI
