NIA files chargesheet against al-Qaeda operative for terror attack conspiracy

The NIA on Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet in a special court here against an alleged operative of the al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) for his involvement in a conspiracy for furthering the activities of the banned terrorist organisation in India, an official said.

Abu Sufiyan of West Bengal’s Murshidabad has been charged under sections of the Explosives Substance Act, an official of the premier investigation agency said.

The case was registered in September last year against Murshid Hasan and other members of the AQIS module active in Delhi, West Bengal and Kerala who were in the advanced stage of a conspiracy to execute terrorist attacks in different parts of the country, the NIA official said.