Popular Front of India

"The investigations found that the PFI formed secret teams called Service Teams or Killer Squads to carry out killings of its perceived enemies and targets," the NIA had stated in its chargesheet.

The accused used WhatsApp and Telegram to push PFI’s Mission 2047. Pakistani handlers guided the network while young men were drawn into jihadist propaganda and prepared for violent assignments and possible training abroad.

The Mavelikkara court cited antitimed FIRs, unreliable eyewitness identification, absence of test identification parades, weak forensic evidence, and investigative lapses while holding that the prosecution failed to establish individual or collective liability beyond reasonable doubt.

The case traces the killing of a 19 year old student leader outside Chengannur Christian College in July 2012, detailing how the probe shifted from local police to Crime Branch amid delays, accused absconding, and repeated High Court bail proceedings.

The document titled "India 2047: Towards Rule of Islam in India" contained a detailed plan for the Islamisation of India in the coming years.

Court ignored legal precedent that conspiracy need not involve direct execution. It said “only one person” was killed and granted bail, even as NIA exposed PFI’s 950-name hitlist including judges and Hindu leaders.

NIA revealed that PFI operated through specialised units and created hit lists based on surveillance. Names recovered included leaders from other communities and a former judge, indicating targeted planning to eliminate ideological opponents.

Shamnad had been absconding for nearly three years. He was arrested from Ernakulam after a sustained manhunt by NIA.

The NIA's investigation into the Ramalingam murder case has spanned several years. At different intervals, the investigative agency achieved significant breakthroughs in the case. The matter was officially transferred to the NIA on 7th March 2019, following which the central investigative agency re-registered the case.