The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a 33-year-old alleged Popular Front of India (PFI) worker dubbed as the “master weapons trainer”, living under a fake identity in Ballari in Karnataka. The accused was involved in the Nizamabad terror conspiracy case and was on the run since September last year.
According to an NIA’s official release, the case pertains to a criminal conspiracy hatched by the leaders and cadres of the now-banned outfit PFI to recruit and radicalize youth and provide them with arms training to promote and carry out terrorist activities with the ultimate objective of establishing Islamic rule in India.
The 33-year-old accused, Nossam Mohamed Yunus alias Yunus of Nandyal, was working in the inverter business of his elder brother. When NIA officials searched his house in September 2022, he managed to escape along with his wife, and two minor sons.
