NEW DELHI/ KOCHI — The National Investigation Agency Monday arrested a man, who is a follower of Sri Lankan Easter bombing mastermind Zahran Hashim, on the charge of conspiring to carry out a suicide attack in Kerala, an NIA spokesperson said. He admitted that he wanted to carry out a suicide attack in Kerala , the spokesperson said. He revealed that he was also having online chat with Abdul Khayoom, aka Abu Khalid, (accused in Valapattanam ISIS case) who was believed to be in Syria. After verification, NIA carried out searches at three places (two in Kasaragod and one in Palakkad District) on Sunday. Riyas will be produced before an NIA court in Kochi on Wednesday, the spokesman added.

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2019 03:11 UTC