The Special NIA Court, Ernakulam on Tuesday framed charges against seven out of eight accused persons in the ISIS Omar Al-Hindi case. With the framing of the charges, the trial is expected to begin on September 26.
The case was registered suo-motu by NIA on October 1, 2016, based on reliable information regarding the activities of certain youth, who had the intention of furthering the objectives of the banned terrorist organisation ISIS, in southern Indian States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
These youth had allegedly got together and formed an ISIS terror module named Ansarul Khilafa-Kl over social media platforms and had made preparations to carry out terrorist attacks against prominent persons, including judges, police officers and politicians and also against foreign nationals and rationalists.
The NIA had arrested six members of the terror module on October 2, 2016, a day after registering the case when they were allegedly holding a conspiracy meeting at Kanakamala in Kannur district of Kerala. Subsequently, another member of the module was arrested on February 15, 2017, following his deportation from the UAE.
In this case, the NIA had on October 5, 2016, also arrested an ISIS operative Subahani Haja Moideen, alias, Abu Jasmine who had travelled to Iraq/Syria during April, 2015, and had fought for the terrorist organisation in the Islamic Caliphate announced by it. Moideen had returned to India during September 2015 and continued his activities in support of the ISIS in India.
The agency had filed the chargesheet against accused persons Manseed Muhmood, Swalih Mohammed, Rashid Ali, Ramshad NK, Safvan, Jasim NK and Shajeer Mangalassery for criminal conspiracy and various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
A supplementary chargesheet was filed against accused Moinudheen on August 11, 2017.