Chennai, April 17 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday
chargsheeted five more accused in the 2022 ISIS-inspired Coimbatore car
bomb explosion in which a suicide bomber was killed on the Deepavali eve
near Kottai Sangamaeshwarar temple near the sensitive Ukkadam area in the
Textile City.
In a statement, posted on X, NIA said in its fourth supplementary chargesheet
in the case, it has charged the five accused with terror financing and other
activities linked with the terror attack that targetted the Hindu Temple.
The five accused against whom the chargesheets were filed were Sheikh
Hidayatullah, Umar Faaruq, Pavas Rahman, Sharan Mariappan an Aboo
Hanifa.
With this, a total of 17 accused have been chargesheeted in t...