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Now that weвЂ™ve got that straight, and youвЂ™re still with us, letвЂ™s move on!

We are here to make waves, upset a few stereotypes, derail a few stigmas - and we wonвЂ™t apologise for it. The NIA got a whiff of him while it was investigating another IS-returnee from Maharashtra, Areeb Majeed, who is under judicial custody now.LetвЂ™s be upfront and honest from the start. Before his trip to Iraq, he also participated in Kanakamala terror plot in Kannur in 2015.Дuring the investigation, it was also found that after leaving IS-ruled areas, Moideen came to Turkey and gave a wrong affidavit in the Indian Embassy saying that his travel papers were stolen during a religious trip. He told interrogators that he later was attracted to teachings of Anwar al Awlaki, one of the mentors of Al Qaeda, and started chatting with others through encrypted Telegram app and was soon radicalised. To wean him from alcohol, his wife later advised him to take up religious studies and he turned a small-time religious scholar. When he turned to drinking alcohol, his family forced him to marry. The prosecution said when he was arrested he was planning attacks against some judges and senior political leaders.ДЄccording to the NIA, Moideen, belonging to a middle-class family, worked in a family-run cloth shop in Thodupuzha after dropping out from college. He told the probe team that he was let off only after assuring the IS leadership that he will carry out terror activities in India. During one of the attacks, he said he saw one his aides burned alive after which he fled the battle scene but was captured by other IS militants. Later he was taken to Syrian borders by his handlers before he was moved to Raqqa for an intense arms training.ДЄlso read: Bihar to vote on October 28, November 3, 7 results on November 10ДЄfter three weeks of training, he told investigators that he was sent to Mosul (Iraq) and enrolled in a team led by a French-speaking leader. The NIA had arrested him from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu in 2016 where he was living discreetly after his return to the country.ДЄccording to the prosecution, Moideen, who hails from a small town in KeralaвЂ™s Idukki district, had left for Jeddah in 2015 and later reached Turkey. While in Iraq, he told agencies that he worked with Abdel Hamid Abaaoud, a Belgian-Moroccan militant, who was the mastermind behind the November 2015 Paris attacks. Moideen was earlier questioned by French intelligence agencies in connection with the Paris attacks.

For the first time, a senior Indian Foreign Service official was also called as a witness in the case. Besides Section 125, Moideen was found guilty under various sections including 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

#MEN OF WAR MONDAYS CODE#

Legal experts said this is the first case wherein Section 125 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) - for waging a war against a friendly government - was invoked in a terror case in south India. The man is said to have links with Islamic State and recently returned to the country. His punishment will be announced on Monday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Kochi on Friday found a man from Kerala, Subahani Haja Moideen (34), guilty of waging war against a friendly country.

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