‘IS terror plot’

Money Transfer to the men to fund their activities.

This financial transaction, along with electronic evidence in the form of Internet chats and Telegram messages, form part of the evidence against the accused.

“On October 2, 2016, based on intelligence inputs, five accused associated with this terror module were arrested from Kanakamala Hill in Kannur district of Kerala, and another associate was arrested from Calicut the same day. Based on their revelation, it was established that Moinudheen was a key figure in the module, which was actively planning various aspects of a terrorist plot, on a Telegram group,” said an NIA statement earlier.

It added that Moinudheen was using the online identity Abu-al-indonesi as well as Ibn Abdullah, on the Telegram group. “It was also revealed by the arrested persons that Moinudheen had sent funds from Abu Dhabi to members of the terrorist module in Kerala, for purposes of the conspiracy, through Western Union Money Transfer last year,” it said.

NIA sources said one of the arrested accused is not being chargesheeted as the investigation against him is yet to be completed.

The second chargesheet is against Haja Subahani Moideen, a 31-year-old jewellery shop salesman who was arrested days after the Kannur bust. Moideen is reported to have travelled to Syria in March 2015 and stayed there till September that year. He allegedly fought along with the IS, but decided to return after two of his associates were killed. He was reportedly punished for his decision to quit by an IS court.

Moideen returned to India in September 2015 and began working in a jewellery store. He reportedly came on the radar of intelligence agencies after he got in touch with his IS handler on the Internet and began planning to collect explosives.