The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed its first supplementary chargesheet on June 30 against nine persons in the Islamic State (IS) conspiracy case of Shivamogga district in Karnataka.
The accused had carried out a trial IED blast in Shivamogga, besides reconnaissance of multiple places, and arson on property and vehicles to spread terror among the people, as part of an IS conspiracy to carry out acts of terror and violence in India and wage a war against India.
The accused chargesheeted are Mohamed Shariq (25), Maaz Muneer Ahmed (23), Syed Yasin (22), Reeshaan Thajuddin Sheikh (22), Huzair Farhan Baig (22), Mazin Abdul Rahman (22), Nadeem Ahmed K.A. (22), Zabiulla (32), and Nadeem Faizal N. (27). All of them belong to Karnataka. They have been charged under UA(P) Act 1967, IPC and Prevention of Destruction and Loss of Property Act, 1981.
