NIA court sentences ISIS terrorist to 7 years in jail in Maharashtra's Parbhani case
India Today
The NIA Special Court in Mumbai convicted a terrorist in the case of ISIS radicalising a youth through the internet in Maharashtra's Parbhani. The accused has been sentenced to 7 years in prison and fined Rs 45,000.
Mumbai's National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on Thursday, May 26, convicted and sentenced an ISIS terrorist in the Parbhani case of Maharashtra.
The verdict is in connection to the conspiracy case hatched by ISIS operatives in Syria to radicalise Indian youth via internet. An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was made at their instruction.
The court sentenced the accused, Mohammed Shahed Khan alias Lala to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 45,000.
He has been charged under section 13 (unlawful activities), 16 (terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy), 20 (member of a terrorist organization), 38 (support to a terrorist organization), 39 (offence relating to support given to a terrorist organisation) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 4 (attempt to cause explosion), 5 (making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances), 6 (abets or is accessory to sections under the act) of Explosive Substance Act, 1908.
As per a press release by the NIA, the case was registered as a crime on July 14, 2016, at the Anti-Terrorism Squad Police Station in Mumbai. It was later re-registered by the NIA on September 14, 2016. After completing the investigation, a charge sheet was filed on October 7, 2016.
While another accused, Naser Bin Yafai alias (Chaus), has already been convicted of seven years imprisonment by the NIA Special Court on May 6, 2022.
Further trial is underway.
