Bengaluru, Apr 22: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said in a chargesheet that RSS worker Rudresh's murder was a planned act of terror and that the attackers had planned to kill two other RSS workers as well.
“Their aim was to trigger terror among the public and prevent people from joining the RSS. They were indoctrinated into believing that they would fulfill the objective of Islam and jihad by killing a kafir,” the controversial charge sheet said.
The accused Irfan Pasha, (32), a resident of Govindapuram, Waseem Ahmed (32) of Austin Town, Mohammad Sadiq (35) of Marappa Garden, Mohammed Mujeeb Ulla (46) of RT Nagar and Asim Sheriff (40) of Benson Town are members of Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliated political organisation Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
They had no enmity with Rudresh, but decided to kill him as he was an RSS?activist, the charge sheet states.
The accused held a series of meetings near Aqsa Masjid and near Chhoti Charminar Masjid in Bengaluru in September 2016 where the conspiracy was hatched. The NIA?will continue investigations under section 173 (8) of CrPC.
Rudresh was murdered by two men around 11.30 am on Kamaraj Road on October 16, 2016 when he was on his way home after an RSS march.
Police arrested Pasha, Ahmed, Sadiq and Mujeeb Ulla on October 27, 2016, and Sheriff on November 2, 2016. The accused were booked under IPC?sections 302 (r/w 34 murder), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and sections 16 1(a), 18, 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Based on the direction of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the NIA registered a case afresh and took up the investigation.
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