NIA arrests Patna terror case accused from UP

LUCKNOW: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested an accused in the Phulwarisharif (Patna) terror case from UP.
The accused was identified as Anwar Rashid from Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi) in Uttar Pradesh.
Sources said that his arrest followed detailed examination and analysis by NIA of the various incriminating documents, digital devices and letters seized earlier during a search at his house on April 25, last month.
An NIA official said that with the arrest, the total number of arrests in the Phulwarisharif Patna case has gone up to 14.
Investigations have revealed that Anwar is a former member of the banned terrorist organisation SIMI and is currently associated with several PFI members of Bihar and UP, including one Athar Parvez who was named in the FIR and arrested on July 12 last year.
NIA sources added that Anwar was instrumental in preparing a secret group of ex-SIMI members to work for PFI, according to the NIA investigations.
The prime agenda, under the banner of PFI, was to establish Islamic Rule in India as envisioned in the outfit’s ‘India 2047 Document’, said NIA.
The case was initially registered on July 12, 2022 at Phulwarisharif police station of Patna in Bihar.
The NIA took up this PhulwariSharif terror module case, which was about a plan to disturb the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bihar.
The NIA filed a chargesheet against four accused on January 7, 2023 in the same case.