Subahani Haja Moideen, who was booked by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for joining the ISIS, will be produced before the NIA Special Court, Kochi, on Wednesday for examination.
Last week, the prosecution had completed its arguments in the case. It had examined around 50 witnesses in the process.
Moideen, is now detained at the high-security prison at Viyyoor. The NIA has slapped him with the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Though the accused are being examined by courts through videoconferencing in view of the COVID-19 situation, P. Krishnakumar, the NIA Special Judge, directed that the accused be physically produced before him considering the gravity of the case.
Moideen is considered to be one of the few Indians who have returned to the country after joining the terror outfit in Syria.
Kanakamala case
He ended up in the custody of the NIA during the investigation into the Kanakamala ISIS training centre case. It was during this investigation that his joining the terrorist organisation was revealed, according to the NIA.
Moideen, who hails from Thodupuzha, left for Jeddah and from there reached Istanbul in Turkey. From there, he and a few others crossed over to Syria.
Later, he was taken to Mosul, where he underwent military training with the ISIS operatives, according to the investigators. After being injured, Moideen was removed from the military operations wing and assigned guard duty. However, after seeing the death of the some ISIS men in an explosion from close quarters, Moideen called it a day. Though he tried to desert the ISIS camp, he was caught.
The NIA has slapped Sections 16 and 20 of the UAPA, which deals with punishment for terrorist act and other provisions of the Indian Penal Code, on the accused.
