<p class="title">The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has lodged a case against five alleged ISIS sympathisers, hailing from Kerala's Kannur district, the agency said today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The central probe agency said it took over the case from the Kerala police, which had booked the five men in October.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The NIA case against the five was registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for "being members of the proscribed terrorist organisation, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh, and for supporting the organisation by travelling out of India to join the terrorist organisation in Syria and fight on its behalf."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five accused are -- Midhilaj (26), Abdul Rasak (34), Rashid M V (24), Manaf Rahman (42) and Hamsa U K (57). </p>
<p class="title">The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has lodged a case against five alleged ISIS sympathisers, hailing from Kerala's Kannur district, the agency said today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The central probe agency said it took over the case from the Kerala police, which had booked the five men in October.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The NIA case against the five was registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for "being members of the proscribed terrorist organisation, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh, and for supporting the organisation by travelling out of India to join the terrorist organisation in Syria and fight on its behalf."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five accused are -- Midhilaj (26), Abdul Rasak (34), Rashid M V (24), Manaf Rahman (42) and Hamsa U K (57). </p>