Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash ordered framing of charges against suspected LeT militant Ahtisham Farooq, Tawseef Ahmed Peer, who is allegedly associated with LeT, their associates Shafaqat Ali Tuggu and Saijee Anwar.
The court directed that charges against all the four accused be framed under various provisions of IPC, including sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).
"I have seen the file and also gone through UAPA and NIA Act and the documents placed on record and my inference is that charges under sections 419/420/468/471/121A/120-B of IPC, 5 Explosive Substances Act and 18/19/20/13 of UAPA be framed against accused Ahtisham Farooq Malick, Shafaqat Ali Tuggu and Tawseef Ahmed Peer and charge under sections 419/420/468/471/ 120-B IPC be framed against accused Saijee Anwar," the judge said and fixed the matter for further hearing on October 21.
According to the police, explosive material and detonators along with 11 memory cards, India Passport of Farooq, who had allegedly undergone training in an LeT camp in Pakistan, and other articles were recovered from Farooq and Shafaqat.
Regarding Peer, the police had claimed that he had helped Farooq and Shafaqat in carrying out terror activities while a fake ID card and mobile sim card, allegedly obtained by Anwar by using forged documents, were recovered from the possession of Farooq.