The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/india-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">National Investigation Agency</a> (NIA) on Friday filed a charge-sheet against 11 persons in the murder case of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/amravati-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Amravati-based pharmacist</a> Umesh Kolhe who had shared social media posts backing Nupur Sharma.
The charge-sheet was filed before the special NIA court in Mumbai.
The court had in September granted the central agency 90 days' extension to file the charge-sheet. Kolhe was killed in eastern Maharashtra's Amravati city on June 21, 2022 after sharing on social media a post supporting suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma over her controversial remarks about Prophet Mohammad.
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The NIA registered a case on July 2 on the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs under Indian Penal Code sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc) and 153-B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), and provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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