The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a case against five alleged sympathisers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), hailing from Kannur district in Kerala, the agency said on Sunday.
ISIS is a dreaded terror outfit which carries of terror activities in different parts of the world, especially in Muslim countries. Muslim scholars across the world have called ISIS as anti-Islamic outfit which intends to defame Islam through terrorism.
The NIA said it took over the case from the Kerala police who had booked the five men in October.
The case was registered at the Valapattanam police station in Kannur district on Saturday.
The NIA case against these men was registered under Sections 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for “being members of the proscribed terrorist organisation, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh, and for supporting the organisation by travelling out of India to join the terrorist organisation in Syria and fight on its behalf,” the agency said in a release.
The accused are Midhilaj, 26, Abdul Rasak, 34, Rashid M.V., 24, Manaf Rahman, 42, and Hamsa U.K., 57.
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