BRAND-NEW DELHI: A member of the prohibited Popular Front of India (
PFI
who was desired in connection with the murder of an
RSS
leader in 2022, was detained from Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (
NIA
stated on Wednesday.
Saheer K V
was bring a benefit of Rs 4 lakh and was absconding since the murder of RSS leader
Srinvasan
on April 16, 2022 in Palakkad district of Kerala, a representative of the federal company stated.
Calling his arrest as a “significant development”, the official stated an NIA fugitive tracking group (FTT) traced him to a relative’s home in Palakkad and jailed him.
“Also a homeowner of Palakkad, Saheer belonged to the PFI attack and security group that had actually performed the targeted killing. He was likewise responsible for supplying security to the primary opponents of
Srinivasan
,” the representative stated.
The official stated the NIA examinations revealed that the implicated, who was PFI’s Pattambi location president, was associated with different conspiracies of the PFI leaders to remove Srinivasan, as part of the prohibited clothing’s larger plan to develop fear amongst members of a specific neighborhood and to develop Islamic guideline in India by 2047.
On March 17, the NIA had actually submitted a charge sheet against 59 implicated, consisting of the PFI as an organisation, in the murder case even as examinations are still continuing.
Among these implicated, determined as
Abdul Naser
had actually passed away on January 2, while efforts are on to track and trace the staying 11 absconding implicated, out of the overall of 69 recognized as associated with the conspiracy up until now, the representative stated.