The NIA has arrested Nashidul Hamzafar, a native of Kerala accused in ISIS Kasargod case, after the accused was deported to the national Capital from Kabul, Afghanistan.
Nashidul was detained by Afghan Security Agencies last year for illegally entering the country to join his associates in proscribed terrorist organization ISIS/Daish. The NIA arrested Hamzafar, 26, native of Kalpetta, Wayanad district, Kerala as soon as he arrived here late last night upon deportation by Afghanistan.
The case relates to the criminal conspiracy hatched by the accused persons from Kasaragod district of Kerala and their associates since Ramadan, 2015 with the intention of joining and furthering the objectives of banned international terror group ISIS/Daish.
Pursuant to the conspiracy, 14 accused persons from Kasaragod district had left India or their work places in Middle East between mid-May and early July, 2016 before travelling to Afghanistan, where they joined ISIS/Daish.
Hamzafar allegedly participated in the conspiracy through encrypted social media platforms, with the other absconding accused persons in this case including Abdul Rashid Abdulla and Ashfak Majeed who were known to him through his college-mates Shihas, Firoz Khan and Bestin Vincent.
As part of the criminal conspiracy hatched with fugitive ISIS/ Daish activist Abdul Rashid Abdulla besides Ashfak Majeed and others, Hamzafar left India on October 3, 2017 and travelled to Muscat, Oman before travelling to Iran and further reaching Kabul, Afghanistan, where he was detained by the authorities there.
The arrested accused was produced before the designated NIA court on Wednesday. He will now be taken to Kochi on transit remand for producing him before the Special NIA Court, Ernakulam that had issued non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him, NIA spokesperson said.