NIA nabs PFI's 'master weapon trainer' from K'taka

June 14, 2023 17:13

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An alleged "master weapons trainer" of the banned Popular Front of India -- who was living under an assumed identity -- was arrested from Karnataka, the National Investigation Agency said on Wednesday.

The 33-year-old accused, Nossam Mohamed Yunus, was wanted for his alleged involvement in the Nizamabad terror conspiracy case, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.

The official said Yunus of Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh was working in the inverter business of his elder brother.

When his house was searched in September 2022, he was found to be absconding along with his wife and two minor sons.

The spokesperson said that investigations revealed that Yunus had shifted his entire family from Andhra Pradesh and was hiding out in the Cowl Bazar area of the Bellary district of Karnataka, where he had assumed a new identity -- Basheer -- and a new profession as a plumber.

The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy hatched by the leaders and cadres of the proscribed outfit PFI to recruit and radicalise youths and provide them with arms training to promote and carry out terrorist activities with the ultimate objective of establishing Islamic rule in the country, the agency alleged. -- PTI

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