IM and PFI leader came together to kill RSS leader Rudresh: NIA

Rudresh, an RSS worker was murdered in October 2016 in broad daylight at Bengaluru, following which the NIA took over the probe.

Bengaluru, April 11: The National Investigation Agency has confirmed that the accused persons who murdered RSS leader Rudresh had Indian Mujahideen links. Rudresh, an RSS worker was murdered in October 2016 in broad daylight at Bengaluru, following which the NIA took over the probe.

The NIA says that the five accused were in touch with Syed Ismail Afaaque a leader of the Indian Mujahideen based out of Bhatkal. Afaaque was arrested following the revelations made by Yasin Bhatkal, the chief of the outfit prior to his arrest three years back.

In the Rudresh murder case, five persons rfan Pasha, Waseem Ahmed, Mohammed Sadiq, Mujheebulla and Asim Sheriff, who was district president of PFI in Bengaluru city were arrested. It was found during the probe that not only were these persons in touch with the IM leaders, but had also hatched a conspiracy to kill several more BJP and RSS leaders. The NIA is likely to file its chargesheet soon.

It was an act of terror, NIA officials say. The intention behind killing Rudresh was to commit an act of terror and also send out a loud message to Hindu leaders, the NIA official also said. NIA officials who took over the probe from the Bengaluru police found that at the time of the killing, the accused persons had called him a 'kaufir.'

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