A day after the Madras High Court granted conditional bail to an alleged ISIS-sympathiser from Erode, who was arrested and lodged in Coimbatore Central Prison last year, the police on Wednesday booked him for allegedly possessing a flag of the terror outfit, which was drawn on a paper.
Asif Mustaheen (29) from Manickampalayam in Erode district, who was arrested in an Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case registered by the Erode north police in 2022, was found with ISIS flag drawn on a paper in a surprise check, according to the prison authorities.
The Race Course police on Wednesday registered a case against Mustaheen for offences under Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 506 (1) (criminal intimidation) and 20 (punishment for being member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA, based on a complaint lodged by a jailor. The same police station had booked him in October last year on charges of intimidating two jail warders.
