Daijiworld Media Network
Aug 5: The only person to be absconding among the accused in the 2010 attack case of Professor TJ Joseph was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday.
Mansoor (47) belonged to a radical Muslim group. On July 4, 2010 an FIR was filed in Muvattupuzha police station in Ernakulam district against him and 31 others belonging to Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) for attacking Professor TJ Joseph.
They had attacked the professor for inflammatory remarks on Prophet Mohammed in the Malayalam question paper prepared for the internal examination of B. Com students at Newman College, Thodupuzha, Idukki district.
The NIA Special Court in Ernakulam completed trial on April 30, 2015 and convicted 13 people for various offences including those under the UA (P) Act for committing the terrorist act.
On June 1, 2017, the NIA filed third supplementary charge sheet in this case against six accused people including Mansoor, for offences punishable under sections 118, 341, 427, 324, 326, 506, 201, 202, 212, 153(A) and 307 r/w 120B of the Indian Penal Code.