NIA files chargesheet against PFI national coordinator for arms training
19 April, 2023 | Amish Mahajan
National Investigation Agency have filed a Chargesheet against Ibrahim Puthanathani in New Delhi today.
Following further investigations in the case registered against the Popular Front of India and its leaders and cadres, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have filed a Chargesheet against Ibrahim Puthanathani in New Delhi today. This follows the chargesheet filed by NIA on 18th March against the National Executive Council (NEC) members and senior cadres of the PFI.
Ibrahim was the National Coordinator responsible for organising and conducting PFI Arms Training Camps across various country states on behalf of the Popular Front of India.
NIA probe has revealed that PFI cadres were being systematically trained to use weapons in the guise of Physical Education(PE) classes in different parts of India. Ibrahim had designed the Syllabus for the Advanced Physical and Arms training courses. He was travelling across the length and breadth of the country to coordinate and supervise such Arms Training Camps.
Ibrahim Puthanathani K has been charged under sections 120B, 121A, 122, 153A of IPC, sections 13, 18, 18A, and 18B of the UA (P) Act today. As an organisation, the NIA has also invoked additional charges under sections 38 and 39 of the UA (P) Act against the PFI.