New Delhi, June 6 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges against four former cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) for harbouring the proclaimed offenders (POs) involved in the Ramalingam murder case.

The chargesheet filed on Saturday before the Special NIA Court at Poonamallee, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), has named K. Mohideen, Mohamed Imran, Thameem Ansari, and Asmath for knowingly harbouring the assailants and conspirators involved in the fatal attack on Ramalingam in Thirubhuvanam as part of a larger conspiracy aimed at creating communal disharmony and terror. They have been charged under Section 61(2) of BNS and Section 249 BNS r/w 19 UA (P) Act.

Ramalingam was brutally killed on February 5, 2019, by PFI...