NIA courtroom awards demise penalty to 2 ISIS-linked males who murdered retired college principal in UP

LUCKNOW: An NIA Particular Courtroom in Lucknow awarded demise penalty to Atif Muzaffar and Mohammed Faisal Khan who had been held responsible of murdering retired college principal Ram Babu Shukla in Kanpur with the motive of advancing their ISIS agenda by instilling worry and terror among the many individuals.
The courtroom charged the 2 responsible beneath the sections of IPC 302 (homicide), 120 B (legal conspiracy), together with sections of Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA). The courtroom additionally imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh every on the 2 convicts. The judgment was introduced by Particular Decide NIA Courtroom Dinesh Kumar Mishra.
On October 24, 2016, Ram Babu Shukla, who retired as a principal of Swami Atmaprakash Brahmchari Junior Excessive Faculty in Kanpur, was murdered whereas he was returning residence on his bicycle. He was attacked by the accused close to village Pyondi in Kanpur. The case was handed over to the NIA in November 2017.
The anti-terror company had first filed a cost sheet towards the 2 accused on July 12, 2018 after elaborate investigations, which revealed that the accused had been radicalized by the ISIS ideology and had been out to kill individuals whom they believed to be disbelievers. A 3rd accused, Mohammad Saifulla, had died in Lucknow in the course of the change of fireside with the Anti-Terrorist Squad, March 7, 2017.