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NIA arrests PFI member in RSS leader murder case

The absconding accused Saheer K.V was carrying a reward of Rs. 4,00,000

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New Delhi, May 17

In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested another Popular Front of India (PFI) member who was wanted in the gruesome murder of RSS leader Srinvasan in Palakkad in Kerala. 

The accused, Saheer K.V, was absconding since the crime and was carrying a reward of Rs. 4,00,000. An NIA Fugitive Tracking Team (FTT) tracked him to a relative’s house in Palakkad district and arrested him. 

A resident of Palakkad district, Saheer was part of the PFI Assault and Protection Team that had carried out the targeted killing. Saheer was also responsible for providing protection to the main assailants of Srinivasan.

The NIA investigations showed that the accused, who was PFI’s Pattambi Area President, was involved in various conspiracies of the PFI leaders to eliminate Srinivasan, as part of the banned outfit’s bigger scheme to create terror among members of a particular community and to establish Islamic Rule in India by 2047. 

The agency had earlier filed a chargesheet against 59 accused. One of these accused, identified as Abdul Naser, had died in January. 

The efforts are on to track and trace the remaining 11 absconding accused, out of the total of 69 identified as involved in the conspiracy so far.


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