In February, the Special court had dropped the charge under Section 20 of the UAPA on a technicality, stating that when Majeed allegedly joined the outfit, the IS had not yet been declared a banned terror outfit under Indian Law. Majeed, a resident of Kalyan, is alleged to have, along with three other yourth from Kalyan, left the country join the terror outfit in May 2014, on the pretext of going on a pilgrimage. In November 2014, Majeed was arrested on his returned to India. He was charged under various sections of UAPA. NIA, in its appeal claimed that the Islamic State was banned by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in 2014, which was binding on all members including India. Hence dropping of section 20 of the UAPA against Majeed was erroneous.
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The Hindu adds that Nazim Ahmed, spent around four years in the Middle East and his radicalisation is suspected to have occurred during this time, sources in the Maharashtra ATS said on April 27. “Investigations have revealed that Ahmed worked as a plumber in Dammam in Saudi Arabia for two years before coming back to India in 2014. In 2015, he went to Saudi Arabia again and secured employment in Mecca. During these stints in Saudi Arabia, he started viewing videos about jihad (holy war) and similar topics and participated in discussion forums about these subjects,” said a Maharastra ATS officer