The charge sheet against 31-year-old Syed Ali, a resident of Punnakattuvila Veedu in Kerala, was filed in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Poonamallee, on June 14, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act- UAPA and the Explosive Substances Act, reports dtnext.in.
The NIA had earlier filed a charge sheet against 12 people, including Islamic State (IS) terrorists Liyakath Ali and Khaja Moideen, under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the UAPA in the same case. It was initially registered at the Q Branch of CID, Chennai City police station, on December 28, 2019, and subsequently transferred to the NIA for a thorough probe in January 2020.