On September 28, National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court at Ernakulam sentenced IS (Islamic State) terrorist Subahani Haja Mohideen, aged 35, resident of Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, in Omar Al-Hindi Module Case to life imprisonment and fine of INR 2,10,000, reports nia.gov.in. Earlier, on September 25, 2020, the Court had convicted the accused u/s 120B and 125 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 20, 38 and 39 of the UA (P) Act. this case was registered by NIA on October 1, 2016, based on credible information that certain youth had entered into a conspiracy and were making preparations to carry out terrorist attacks in India to further the objectives of IS. Investigation also revealed that Moideen had exited India from Chennai and reached Turkey on April 8, 2015. He had then illegally crossed over to Iraq through land border and joined the Islamic State using kunya name Abu Jasmine Al-Hindi. After undergoing religious and arms training with IS in Iraq, he was deployed with IS’ military formation Umar Ibnu Khatab Khatiba, headed by the French national Abu Suleiman Al-Francisi, who was later killed. Moideen was also associated with Pakistani national Mohammed Usman Ghani, while being in the Islamic State. Ghani was subsequently arrested and is now incarcerated in France, for his involvement in 13/11 Paris attacks of 2015.