National Investigation Agency camp in Kanjangad to probe Islamic State recruitment

Kasargod: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has opened its camp office in Kanjangad to probe the cases involving the missing of 19 persons from Kasargod and Palakkad districts who are suspected to have joined terror outfit IS. The police had slapped UAPA sections on Thrikkaripur native Abdul Rashid Abdulla (32) and his wife Yasmeen Ahamad (29), two fo the 27 persons missing from Kasargod.

According to sources, NIA would charge UAPA sections against others also after completing the investigation. The local police had conducted a preliminary inquiry and submitted a report to the district court before the government handed over the case to the NIA. The agency’s probe team, headed by Superintendent of Police A.P. Shoukathali, is expected to approach the court soon to get the report.

The mysterious missing was known after two of their family members in Padanna approached the police in July. Inquiries later revealed that all the missing persons were known to each other and they were allegedly led by extreme religious ideologies. The missing persons, who include a doctor, a BDS student, engineering graduates, a teacher and software professionals, are suspected to have left for IS-controlled regions in Syria or other provinces to lead a puritan religious life.