A resident in Kerala got probed by NIA. The NIA court in Kochi on Friday held Subahani Haja Moideen, a resident of Kerala guilty of waging war with the Islamic State (IS) against the government of India. The man, who returned to Kerala in 2016 allegedly after escaping from the IS, was detained while he reportedly tried to collect explosives to hold a terror strike in the state. According to NIA counsel, the court has found the man wicked of the offences charged, including section 125 of the Indian Penal Code (waging war against any Asiatic Power in alliance with the Government of India), which is supposedly rarely entreated. The quantum of sentence will be announced on Monday.

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The court convicted Moideen under sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) and 125 (waging war against Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India) of the Indian Penal Code and section 20 (punishment for being a member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the Criminal Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA. It also held him sentenced under section 38 (offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation) and 39 (offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation).

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The arrest of Subahani Haja Moideen, reportedly a Tamil Nadu native who had been living with his family in Kerala, is the second known case of an Indian coming back to the country after joining IS. “After leaving India, he illegally crossed the border through Turkey and reached Iraq. He joined the Islamic State there and waged war. These are the offences and the court has found him guilty,” NIA counsel told the media.

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