KOCHI: A man from Kerala who allegedly sent funds to the Islamic State (IS) South India module, busted from Kanakamala in Kannur last year, has been intercepted by the United Arab Emirates police officials.
Following information provided by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the UAE police have nabbed Moideen, a native of Kasargod.
According to NIA officials, Moideen is arraigned as the 13th accused in the case. "Moideen's involvement was revealed while examining the funds received by the group. He was frequently sending money to the group to commence its operations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. We had passed on the information to police agencies in the UAE,” an NIA official said adding they have received information on his detention.
The official further stated they would soon initiate steps to extradite Moideen. "We expect the procedure to be completed within a few weeks. We will communicate with the UAE police in this regard," he said.
Apart from Moideen, NIA has arraigned Sajeer Mangalassery from Kozhikode and Kamal from Chennai as accused in the case. Mangalassery was operating a fake Facebook account in the name of Sameer Ali propagating Jihadi ideology. Kamal was associated with Subahani Haja Moideen who fought with the IS in Iraq.
In October 2016, the NIA busted the IS group which was holding a secret meeting at Kanakamala in Kannur, following the inputs of intelligence agencies.
The agency found the group was planning to attack religious places, tourist locations where Israeli tourists frequented while also planning attacks on public gatherings by ramming vehicles similar to the attack in Nice, France. They were also planning to attack two Kerala High Court judges and BJP leaders in Kerala, it found.