Kochi: A Keralite who allegedly sent funds to the Islamic State (IS) South India module, that was busted at Kanakamala in Kannur last year, was intercepted and detained by the UAE police based on the information given by the National Investigative Agency sleuths. Moideen, 48, a native of Kasargod, was arraigned as 13th accused in the case. “His involvement was revealed while examining the funds received by the group. Moideen was frequently sending money to the group to commence its operations in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. We had passed on the information about Moideen to the police agencies in the UAE. The police there have informed us that he was detained there,” an NIA official said.
The NIA has started the process to extradite him. "We expect the process to get over in a few weeks,” he said. In October last, the NIA sleuths, while acting on inputs by various intelligence agencies, had busted the IS group while its members were holding a secret meeting at Kanakamala in Kannur. During its probe, the NIA had found that the group was planning to attack religious places and locations frequented by Israeli tourists. “The group was also planning to launch attacks at public gathering by ramming vehicles similar to the attack in Nice, France. They also wanted to target two Kerala High Court judges and the state BJP leaders.
