Arrested LeT suspect Junaid was conspiring to attack BJP leaders’ rally, says ATS charge sheet

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad filed a 2000-page charge sheet against LeT suspect Junaid Mohammed and four others in a terror funding case.

Junaid, who was arrested on by ATS on May 24 from Pune’s Dapodi, planned to attack a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Uttar Pradesh. (File photo: Reuters)

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against arrested LeT suspect Junaid Mohammed which revealed that he planned to attack a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in Uttar Pradesh.

The charge sheet also revealed that Narasinhanandan Saraswati, and Jitendra Narayan alias Wasim Rizvi, were also the targets of the accused. The information has emerged from the 2,000-page charge sheet filed by the ATS in court.

Junaid was arrested by the ATS on May 24 in Pune’s Dapodi area on suspicion of having links with terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a native of Buldana. He came in contact with terrorist organizations in Jammu and Kashmir through social media.

Later, ATS also arrested Junaid’s accomplices, Inamul Haque, Yusuf, and Aftab Hussain Shah. According to ATS, funds were provided to Junaid for terrorist activities.

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