NIA chargesheets Bengaluru ophthalmologist in ISKP case
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against Abdur Rehman, an ophthalmologist from Basavanagudi,who was arrested in August 2020 in connection with a case related to the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP). It was filed in the Special NIA Court, New Delhi, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The 28-year-old doctor who worked at M.S. Ramaiah Medical College has been charged with furthering the ideology and activities of proscribed terrorist organisation ISIS/ISKP in connivance with five other accused in the case for committing subversive and anti-national activities in India. He allegedly used his medical knowledge of ophthalmic lasers and other devices to develop applications for the medical and military requirements of ISIS.