The National Investigation Agency on Saturday filed a charge sheet against two Islamic State operatives including the leader of the outfit\u2019s Coimbatore module – Mohammed Azarudeen and his associate – Sheikh Hidayatullah, who were in touch with the April 21 Sri Lanka bombings mastermind – Maulvi Zahran bin Hashim and were planning to carry out similar strikes in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the Hindustan Times reported.<\/p>\n
NIA spokesperson Inspector General Alok Mittal said, \u201cIt has been established that Mohammed Azarudeen and Sheikh Hidayatullah had been propagating the violent extremist ideology of ISIS\/ Daish since 2017 with the intention of recruiting their associates in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, into the proscribed organization for furthering its activities in India.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey organized several secret classes in their houses besides at other places in Coimbatore, in support of the ISIS\/ Daish. They also followed the Sri Lankan ISIS\/ Daish leader Zahran Hashim, over social media, while downloading and disseminating his speeches in support of violent jihad and ISIS\/ Daish,\u201d Mittal said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHidayatullah was reportedly in touch with Zahran Hashim, who died in the suicide bombings, through a Facebook page \u201cKhilafahGFX,\u201d said an official who didn\u2019t wish to be named.<\/p>\n
The charge sheet has been filed in the NIA special court Ernakulam under charges of criminal conspiracy and terror charges.<\/p>\n
After the Sri Lanka attacks, in which over 250 people were killed, the NIA had registered a suo-motu case on May 30 against six people from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n
During searches at Azarudeen\u2019s residence on June 12, the NIA recovered 41 documents including books advocating Jihad, magazines published by a banned terrorist organization, mobile phones, SIM cards, pen drives, hard disk and an internet device.<\/p>\n
Courtesy: Daily Mirror<\/p>\n
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