The NIA on Wednesday filed a supplementary chargesheet before a Special NIA Court here against accused persons Ashish Kumar, Javed and Arshad Ali, all residents of Meerut, under various Sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act and IPC in the case relating to the killing of Hindu leader Amit Sharma, president of Sri Hindu Takht, Ludhiana in 2017 by banned terror group Khalistan Liberation Front.
The case was re-registered by the NIA on December 10, 2017 arising out of FIR No. 06 dated January 15, 2017 of Police Station Division Number 8, Ludhiana, Punjab related to the killing of the Hindu leader.
On January 14, 2017, two unknown motorcycle-borne assailants killed Sharma as a part of an organised conspiracy hatched by terrorist outfit Khalistan Liberation Front (KLF). This murder was one among eight such cases of serial killings/attempted killings that took place in Punjab in 2016-2017 with a view to create terror and communal disturbance.
Earlier, the NIA had filed chargesheet on May 14, 2018, against 15 accused persons in this case.
“Investigation has established that accused persons Ashish Kumar, Javed and Arshad Ali alias Munshi had facilitated the other accused persons in commission of the terrorist act i.e. killing of Amit Sharma by supplying illegal firearms used in the crime. They had supplied illegal arms including .32 bore pistols which, along with other weapons/firearms, were used in target killing cases in Punjab,” the NIA said in a statement.
