The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has achieved major success in busting the Kerala ISIS module. It has averted possible terror attacks on Places of worship and leaders of certain communities. NIA conducted an intelligence-led joint operation with the Anti-Terrorist Squad ATS of Kerala Police and searched four locations following the arrest of one accused. The raids were conducted at three locations in Thrissur and one in Palakkad districts of Kerala to bust the IS module, which had been conducting reconnaissance missions and conspiring to commit terrorist attacks.
 
On Tuesday, NIA successfully tracked and arrested an accused Ashif alias Mathilakath Kodayil Ashraf from his hideout near Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu. Yesterday, searches were conducted in the houses of Ashif, as well as three others, identified as Seyid Nabeel Ahammed, Shiyas TS of Thrissur, and Rayees of Palakkad. Digital devices and incriminating documents were seized during these raids.
 
The module had been engaged in raising funds for promoting IS activities and carrying out terror attacks by committing dacoities and other criminal activities. They were conspiring to commit terrorist activities and had already conducted a recce of a few various prominent places, including places of worship and leaders of certain communities in the State. It aimed to spread terror and trigger a communal divide in Kerala.