Charge sheet filed against Pakistan-based FIF over terror activities in India

The National Investigation Agency has filed a fresh charge sheet against Pakistan based Falah-i-Insaniyat (FIF) for several terror activities in India, the agency said on Friday.

The National Investigation Agency has filed a fresh charge sheet against Pakistan based Falah-i-Insaniyat (FIF) for several terror activities in India, the agency said on Friday.

A Pakistani man walks past a closed medical dispensary and offices of the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, a charity organization set up by Jamaat-ud-Dawa -- the political arm of the banned Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba -- which were sealed by Pakistani authorities following a formal ban on the group in Islamabad on March 6, 2019. (AFP file photo/ Representative Image)

The FIF is terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)’s front organisation, which is accused of creating sleeper cells in Haryana and Delhi. LeT founder Hafiz Sayeed has also been named in the charge-sheet against FIF.

Officials said the case will strengthen New Delhi’s hand in exposing Pakistan’s use of terrorist groups for terrorism in India.

Delhi’s Mohammed Salam, 51, Mohammed Salim, 62, from Nagpur and Pakistani national Mohammed Kamran have also been named in the charge-sheet.

“Investigation has established that Chief of the Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation – Hafiz Mohammed Sayeed – along with the Deputy Chief Shahid Mahmood hatched a conspiracy from 2012 to create sleeper cells and logistic bases in New Delhi and Haryana,” the NIA said.