Arrested Islamic State Suspect Sent To Kerala Police Custody

Kochi: An NIA court here on Monday sent alleged Islamic State (IS) operative Riyas Aboobacker, who was arrested by the agency on April 29 from Palakkad, to Kerala Police custody. The day after his arrest, Aboobacker was remanded to judicial custody till May 29. Moving an application for his custody, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) admitted that Aboobacker was getting himself mentally prepared to turn into a suicide bomber. The NIA added that they wanted to include three more people as accused in the case in which the agency has already arrested 21 persons. Aboobacker, according to the NIA, has confessed to creating plans to blow himself him up in Kerala and for that he had been trying to recruit and got in touch with the three people. In their custodial plea application of Aboobacker, the NIA pointed out that they need to interrogate him further to crack the case and it will also help to wipe out any future attempt to create trouble in Kerala. (IANS)

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