The Delhi police on Friday chargesheeted 17 accused, 12 of whom are absconding, for allegedly conspiring, recruiting Indian youth and establishing a base for terror outfit Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontin
The Delhi police on Friday chargesheeted 17 accused, 12 of whom are absconding, for allegedly conspiring, recruiting Indian youth and establishing a base for terror outfit Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
In its final report filed before additional sessions judge Reetesh Singh, the special cell of the Delhi police charged five arrested accused — Mohd Asif, Zafar Masood, Mohd Abdul Rehman, Syed Anzar Shah and Abdul Sami — for alleged offences under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
They were arrested between December 2015 and January 2016 from different parts of the country.
All 17 have been chargesheeted for alleged offences under Sections 18 (punishment for conspiracy), 18-B (punishment for recruiting of any person or persons for terrorist act) and 20 (punishment for being member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The probe agency has alleged that terror outfit Al-Qaeda was trying to set up its base in India under the banner of the Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and some youths from districts of western Uttar Pradesh had already left India and joined its cadre in Pakistan. It claimed that and one of the modules of the outfit was active in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh.
It alleged that the accused were in touch with terrorists from Pakistan, Iran and Turkey via social media and mobile phones, and they had visited these countries and had also financed the AQIS and motivated the youths for jihad.
Besides the five arrested accused, the agency also charged 12 others, who are at large, and the court had earlier issued non-bailable warrants against them.
The absconding accused are Syed Akhtar, Sanaul Haq, Mohd Sharjeel Akhtar, Usman, Mohd Rehan, Abu Sufiyan, Syed Mohd Arshiyan, Syed Mohd Zishan Ali, Sabeel Ahmed, Mohd Shahid Faisal, Farhatullah Ghori and Mohd Umar. The FIR in the present case was registered after arrest of Asif on December 14.
