The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday charge sheeted the main assailant in the brutal killing of RSS leader Sreenivasan in Kerala’s Palakkad, officials said.

Shamnad EK alias Shamnad Ellikkal has been charged under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the supplementary chargesheet filed before an NIA special court in Ernakulam, Kerala.

The absconding accused was arrested in April after a three-year hunt by NIA, which continued to search for the remaining absconders in the case.

Armed cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) brutally killed Sreenivasan, a senior RSS leader, in Palakkad in 2022.

The killing was part of the PFI’s conspiracy to unleash terror with the nefarious agenda of establishing Islamic rule in India

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