Kochi: A 25-year-old youth from Kanhangad was detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in New Delhi.
The arrested, Mouinudheen Parakadavath had arrived at the IGI Airport in New Delhi from Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and he was summoned to the NIA headquarters on Wednesday, said an NIA official.
During the course of questioning he confessed to his involvement in the conspiracy and was arrested.
The case relates to a terror module in which a group of youths from Kerala, including some members based in the Middle-East, hatched a conspiracy as per the instructions from their online Isis handlers. Five people associated with the terror module were arrested on October 2, 2016 from Kanakmala in Kannur and another from Kozhikode.
Based on their admissions, it was established that Mouinudheen was a prominent figure in the terror module and used to operate under an online identity of ‘Abu-Al-Indonesi’ as well as ‘Ibn Abdullah’ on the Telegram group that was actively involved in planning various terrorist attacks.
Furthermore the arrested also stated that he had transferred funds from Abu Dhabi to members of the terrorist module in Kerala, through Western Union Money Transfer, last year.
