Kochi/New Delhi: The Ernakulam Special Court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday convicted and sentenced two accused to eight years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in the ISIS Kerala-Tamil Nadu case

The court found H.Mohammed Azarudheen and Y.Sheikh Hidayathullah guilty under various sections of the IPC and UA(P) Act.

The court has sentenced the duo to 8 years RI under section 120B read with 38 and 39 of UA(P) Act, as well as 8 years of RI each under section 38 and section 39 of UA(P) Act.

All three sentences will run concurrently.

The case relates to the propagation of the violent extremist ideology of the terrorist organisation IS/ Daish by Mohammed Azarudheen and his associates.

The conspiracy was aimed at recruiting vulnerable youth for carrying out terrorist attack

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