The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Bengaluru convicted two radicalised members of Al-Qaeda in Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS) and sentenced them to 7 years imprisonment on Wednesday, December 27.
The duo, Akthar Hussain Laskar alias Mohammed Hussain of Assam and Abdul Aleem Mondal alias Mohammed Juba of West Bengal, have also been slapped with a fine of ₹41,000 and ₹51,000 respectively by the NIA court.
The NIA in August 2022 had registered a case against the duo charging them under Sections 153A, 153B, 120B, 121, 121A, 114 and 511 of IPC and sections 10, 13, 15, 16, 18 & 20 of UA (P) Act, 1967.
