New Delhi: In a significant crackdown on terrorism and economic crimes, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) secured convictions in two separate cases. A Special NIA court in Delhi sentenced three individuals involved in the 2020 Khaja Moideen ISIS case to seven years of rigorous imprisonment, while an NIA court in Bengaluru convicted a fake currency trafficker to six years of simple imprisonment.
The Delhi court's ruling pertains to Khaja Moideen, Syed Ali Nawas, and Abdul Samad, who were found guilty of conspiring to revive the ISIS network in India and attempting to evade arrest by firing at police personnel. Khaja Moideen, the main accused, was previously implicated in the murder of K.P. Suresh Kumar, a Hindu Munnani activist, and had absconded while on bail.
In Bengaluru, the NIA Special Court sentenced Sariful Islam, a resident of West Bengal, to six years of simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000 for his involvement in a fake currency trafficking network. Investigations revealed that Islam, along with six others, conspired to smuggle counterfeit Indian currency notes worth Rs. 82,000 from Bangladesh into India. Islam had also fraudulently obtained a SIM card to facilitate communication with his co-accused.
The NIA's investigations further uncovered a trail of previous transactions involving Islam, who had allegedly delivered counterfeit notes worth Rs. 10.30 lakh to the main convict, Dalim Mia, in West Bengal. The NIA stated that the conspiracy aimed to destabilize India's monetary system and economic security.
