A special NIA court has sentenced a person to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for being involved in the radicalisation and recruitment of youngsters for Pakistan based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba. The NIA special court in Kolkata today sentenced Sayyad M Idris, a resident of Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district, who was convicted under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The court also imposed a fine of 70 thousand rupees.

 

The NIA had taken over the case from the West Bengal Police in April 2020 and arrested Idris along with Altaf Ahmed Rather of Jammu and Kashmir during the course of the investigation. According to the agency, investigations revealed that Idris and Rather had conspired with Tania Parveen to form a LeT module by recruiting local youngsters in West Bengal. Tania Parveen was arrested earlier by the Special Task Force of the West Bengal Police during a search operation at Baduria in North 24 Parganas district in March 2020 based on specific inputs.

 

During the search, the STF had seized incriminating materials, including jihadi textbooks. The investigation revealed that youths were being radicalised through social media platforms to undertake jihad against the government.