Kerala Islamic State module had planned on killing judges

These members were also involved in the radicalisation of several other youth in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the NIA chargesheet alleges.

The chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency in connection with an Islamic State module from Kerala states that the members had planned on targeting judges of the high court. Foreigners, judges, politicians and police officers were on the hit-list of these members, the NIA chargesheet states.

Known as the Omar Al-Hindi ISIS Module case, the NIA had found that eight persons had entered into a criminal conspiracy to target prominent persons.

These members were also involved in the radicalisation of several other youth in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the chargesheet alleges.

These persons were arrested when they were conducting a secret meeting of the IS module named Ansarul Khilafa Kerala which was formed in August, 2016, under the leadership of the absconding accused, Shajeer Mangalassery. Investigations have established that the accused formed an IS module that conspired and prepared to target prominent persons including high court judges, political leaders and senior police officers besides foreigners on visit to India.

Members of the module, within and outside India, used online social media platforms the Facebook and, predominantly, Telegram, in which various secret groups were formed for conspiring and planning the terrorist attacks. The accused persons had tried to radicalise and recruit their friends or associates into the module and had also collected funds for the terrorist organisation.

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