NEW DELHI: A man linked to the banned terrorist organisation ISIS was today sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment by a court in Shimla for planning to commit terror strikes in several places in the country.
The case was probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
A case was initially registered against Abid Khan, who owed allegiance to the Islamic State, at Banjar police station in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on December 17, 2016 on the allegation of hatching a conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, an NIA release said. (AGENCIES
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