Overview
- The chargesheet was filed in the NIA Special Court at Poonamallee, Chennai, citing BNS Sections 196 and 197 and UAPA Sections 13(1)(b) and 39.
- The accused is Akhalatur alias Mohammed Akhlaque Mujahid of Katihar, Bihar, who worked as a daily wage labourer at a Chengalpattu construction site.
- The NIA alleges he engaged online with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers to discuss attacks in Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir.
- Investigators say he sought to contact arms dealers to procure weapons for “Jihadi-style” assaults, with the plans disrupted by security agencies.
- He was arrested by Kayar Police in April before the NIA took over the interstate probe, which the agency says is continuing.