The NIA in its charghseet has stated that the accused had formed a group on WhatsApp to discuss strategy They shared footages of communal riots of Muzzafarabad to instigate members Rudresh was murdered in broad daylight on October 16, last year
Social media platform WhatsApp seems to be the "safe platform" for terrorists to plan their strategy and even RSS worker Rudresh's murder was planned here. The startling revelation has come to light during the probe being conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Rudresh was hacked to death by bike-borne assailants on October 16, 2016 in broad daylight on Kamraj Road near Commercial Street.
Those arrested in Rudresh's murder case are found to be associated with the controversial organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI). The NIA has found that Rudresh's killers - Popular Front of India (PFI), city unit president Asim Sharif, Irfaan Pasha, Wasim Ahmed alias Wasim, Mohammed Saadiq alias Mohammed Mazar and Mohammed Mujeeb - had formed a group on WhatsApp to chalk out their plans, reports Vijaya Vani.
The investigators have found that one of the messages that has been sent from the accused Wasim Ahmed said that "Please, pray for the early release of PFI workers jailed in Madikeri." The message was sent on July 26, 2016. He had also sent footages of communal riots in Muzzaffarnagar and Dadri in Uttar Pradesh to instigate the members against Hindus, reports Vijaya Vani. "These Kafirs (Hindus) should be killed to earn the mercy of the Allah," said one of his messages.
Two more workers of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) - the former Popular Front of India - have also been found to be involved in the murder of Rudresh, as per the chargesheet filed by the NIA. SDPI worker of Govindapura Nihal Sharif and Bharkat Ali were reportedly found to be having links with those arrested in the case.
"In one of the messages sent from Sharif's mobile, he had discussed about RSS workers in Shivajinagar with a message hack them to death (Talwar se kaato)," reports Vijaya Vani. Later, he has received messages stating "success" after Rudresh's death, it is said. The NIA has submitted the audio records of these files to FSL.
WhatsApp is turning out to be a major challenge for the police due to its encryption policy. More and more terrorists are using this social media platform to escape from the police's radar.
