ISIS-linked terrorist sentenced to 5-yr rigorous imprisonment

New Delhi: A man linked to the banned terrorist organisation ISIS was on Thursday 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.

The NIA re-registered a case on January 19 this year on the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

On completion of investigation, the charge sheet was filed on June 12. The court held the accused guilty on July 19, it said.

The court pronounced judgement convicting the accused Abid Khan. "The accused has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for five years and also to pay a fine of Rs 5,000," the release said.