NIA files chargesheet against IM financer Hafeez

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New Delhi : National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 18 filed a supplementary chargesheet against an Indian Mujahdeen (IM) financer Abdul Wahid Sidiqqui Bapa alias Hafeez in Special Court of additional
sessions Judge I at Patiala House.

Hafeez is from Uttar Kannada district in Karnataka. He was arrested by NIA on May 20, 2016,from Indira Gandhi International airport on his arrival from Dubai. He was wanted in connection with NIA case no RC 06/2012,NIA/DLI for waging war against the Government of India. He used to receive funds from Indian Mujahdeen leader Riyaz Bhatkal stationed in Pakistan for carrying out subversive activities in India. Hafeez, who stayed in Dubai, supplied money received from Pakistan to IM operatives in India, according to the chargesheet. Bhatkal is a relative of Hafeez. His brother Yashin Bhatkal was arrested on Indo -Nepal border in 2014.
NIA had field first chargesheet against 22  IM operatives in September 2014 and against five in July 2013. NIA press released issued on Friday said so far chargesheets have been filed against 30 IMoperatives at Patiala House court.