NIA arrests PFI's alleged master weapons trainer living with fake identity in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The National investigation agency on Tuesday, arrested a master weapons trainer of the Popular Front of India (PFI) who was living in Karnataka allegedly under a false identity and was arrested on grounds of his alleged involvement in the Nizamabad terror conspiracy case, said the NIA in a press release.
The accused, identified as Nossam Mohamed Yunus, had been living under an assumed identity in Karnataka, and he had allegedly concealed his involvement in the nefarious activities of the banned organisation.
The NIA in its release cited the case details, "pertain to a criminal conspiracy hatched by the leaders and cadres of the now banned outfit PFI to recruit and radicalise youth and provide them with arms training to promote & carry out terrorist activities with the ultimate objective of establishing Islamic rule in India.”
According to NIA, 33 Y/O Yunus aka 'Yunus of Nandyal' was doing an inverter business along with his elder brother and when the NIA searched his residence in September 2022 he was found absconding along with his wife and two minor sons.
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Meanwhile, after an extensive search, the NIA allegedly discovered Yunus' hideout in the Cowl Bazar area of Bellary district, where he had allegedly relocated his family from Andhra Pradesh, assuming a fake identity name, Basheer, and working as a plumber.
Yunus, according to the NIA, allegedly played a critical role as a master weapons trainer for PFI in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana regions. Additionally, he held the position of PE Training State Coordinator for these two states in the Nizamabad PFI case.
The release further revealed that Yunus had been actively involved in providing weapons training to the youth recruited by the organisation.
The anti-terror investigation task force further revealed that Yunus tried evading questioning during interrogations, however, Yunus revealed the involvement of another individual, Shaikh Ilyas Ahmed, in the PFI Weapons Training program. However, Ahmed is currently on the run and is yet to be traced.
The Telangana Police initially registered an FIR in this case on July 4, 2022, which was subsequently taken over by the NIA under the re-registered case number RC-03/2022/NIA/HYD. So far, the NIA has filed two chargesheets against 16 individuals implicated in this case, read the release.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
