The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 16, filed a chargesheet against two accused, identified as Maaz Muneer Ahmed and Syed Yasin, in Shivamogga Islamic State (IS) case pertaining to the conspiracy hatched to further the activities of IS by carrying out acts of arson sabotage and violence in Karnataka, reports NIA. The case was earlier registered with Police and NIA re-registered the case in September 2022 and took over the investigations of the case after the stabbing of one Prem Singh at Shivamogga in Karnataka on August 15, 2022. Maaz, and Yasin, had been charged under sections 120B, 121A and 122 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, sections 18, 18B, 20 & 38 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), and sections 4 (i) & 5 of Explosive Substances Act, and section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.