The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet against a man for harbouring a key accused in the case pertaining to the chopping of a teacher’s palm in Kerala. Shafeer C., a cadre of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), was named in a chargesheet filed by the probe agency before a court in Kochi, according to an official statement on Monday.

NIA investigations have revealed that Shafeer had knowingly given shelter to Savad, the prime assailant of T.J. Joseph, and also arranged false identity card for the key accused, it said.

The 2010 case pertains to the attempted murder of Mr. Joseph, a former head of the Malayalam department of Newman College, Thodupuzha, Idukki district. A chargesheet was filed against Savad in the case in 2011.