Overview

• A Alfasith has been chargesheeted under multiple IPC sections and Sections 13 and 39 of the UAPA before an NIA special court in Poonamallee, Tamil Nadu.
• Prosecutors say he and his associates created encrypted WhatsApp and Telegram groups such as “Islamic State” and “Black Flag Soldiers” to circulate extremist videos, images and documents.
• The NIA alleges Alfasith maintained close ties with radicalised Islamists Mohemmed Ashik and Sathik Batcha, both previously accused in terror-related cases across Tamil Nadu.
• Investigation records indicate he downloaded propaganda from the ISIS-operated Telegram channel “nashida33” to bolster recruitment efforts.
• The agency is continuing to investigate the broader Salafi-Jihadi cell believed to be connected to the October 2022 Coimbatore car bomb attack.