New Delhi [India], September 27 : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday chargesheeted the main assailant in the Palakkad Sreenivasan murder case of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).

Shamnad E K has been charged under various sections of the IPC and UA (P) Act in the supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court, Ernakulam (Kerala), as per the NIA.

The absconding accused was arrested in April this year after a 3-year long hunt by the NIA, which is continuing with its search for the remaining absconders in the case.
Armed cadres of the banned PFI had brutally killed Sreenivasan in Palakkad in 2022. A total of 71 accused have so far been identified in the case.

Shamnad, the 65th accused to be chargesheeted in the case, had carried a reward of Rs seven lakhs while he was evading arrest. He was a trained cadre of the banned PFI terror outfit and a member of its 'Service Wing', responsible for carrying out terrorist acts, as per NIA investigations.

In the run-up to the brutal murder of Sreenivasan, the accused had undergone arms and physical training at various PFI centres in Malappuram district, such as Malabar House at Randathani, Green Valley at Manjeri and PFI office at Achipilakkal, investigations by NIA have further revealed.

As per the investigative agency, the killing was part of PFI's conspiracy to unleash terror with the nefarious agenda of establishing Islamic Rule in India by 2047.