Archive · 21 Sep 2026
NIA Court Sentences Accused in Islamic State Terror Case
A special court connected to India’s National Investigation Agency sentenced Huzair Farhan Baig to six years in prison.
He was also ordered to pay a fine of Rs 58,000.
Investigators said the case involved a secret group linked to the Islamic State.
The group was allegedly operating in Thirthahalli town in Karnataka.
The NIA said Baig was recruited and radicalised by Maaz Muneer Ahmed and Syed Yasin.
It also said an online handler called “Colonel” helped guide the group.
Baig allegedly arranged a place in Bengaluru for terrorist activities.
The NIA said money was sent using cryptocurrency and then converted into regular currency.
The alleged online handler, Mohammed Shaheed Faisal, remains absconding, according to the agency.
A special NIA court sentenced Huzair Farhan Baig to six years of rigorous imprisonment.
Baig was also fined Rs 58,000 in the terror conspiracy case.
The case concerns an alleged Islamic State module operating in Thirthahalli, Shivamogga district.
Investigators said Baig helped arrange a Bengaluru hideout and handled cryptocurrency-linked funds for it.
The NIA has filed four chargesheets against 12 accused; three others have already been convicted and sentenced.
- Who
- Huzair Farhan Baig was sentenced by a special National Investigation Agency court in a case involving an alleged Islamic State module.
- What
- Baig was convicted and sentenced to six years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 58,000 for his alleged role in a terror conspiracy.
- When
- The case was registered on September 19, 2022, taken over by the NIA on November 15, 2022, and the sentencing was reported on September 21.
- Where
- The alleged module operated in Thirthahalli town in Shivamogga district, and Baig allegedly arranged a hideout in Bengaluru.
- Why
- The NIA said Baig helped support terrorist activity after being recruited and radicalised by co-accused and an online handler.
- Accused sentenced
- Huzair Farhan Baig, also known as Huzair
- Sentence
- Six years of rigorous imprisonment
- Fine
- Rs 58,000
- Alleged organisation
- Islamic State
- Case origin
- Karnataka Police registered the case on September 19, 2022
- NIA takeover
- November 15, 2022
- Chargesheets and accused
- Four chargesheets against 12 accused
- Absconding accused
- Mohammed Shaheed Faisal, identified by investigators as the online handler “Colonel”