The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on 12 December 2025 filed a supplementary chargesheet against seven individuals and a registered society in connection with the 2023 Tamil Nadu ISIS radicalisation and recruitment case.
According to the NIA, the supplementary chargesheet has been filed against Mohammed Hussain, Irshath, Ahmed Ali, Aboo Hanifa, Jawahar Sadiq, Sheik Dawood and Raja Mohammed. The Kovai Arabic Educational Association (KAEA), a registered society that runs the Kovai Arabic College, has also been arraigned as an accused and charged as a legal person.
The agency said the accused and the society have been booked under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act through the supplementary filing.
The NIA had earlier chargesheeted four accused in the case, including Jameel Basha, the principal of Madras Arabic College, who was identified as a key conspirator. The present case, registered as RC-01/2023/NIA/CHEN, emerged from the investigation into the October 2022 Coimbatore car-bomb blast.
The agency noted that 14 of the 18 accused in the Coimbatore blast case were students of Kovai Arabic College, which functioned under the KAEA society.
According to the NIA, all seven individuals chargesheeted in the supplementary filing were students of Jameel Basha. Of them, Mohammed Hussain and Irshath were among the four accused named in the original chargesheet and now face additional charges under the supplementary filing.
The instant case was registered suo motu by the NIA’s Chennai branch in August 2023, following the detection of a wider ISIS-inspired radicalisation and recruitment network operating in Tamil Nadu.
Investigations revealed that vulnerable youth were allegedly radicalised and incited to terrorist acts under the guise of free Arabic language classes. The NIA said radical sermons were disseminated through online Arabic classes conducted on platforms such as Zoom, WhatsApp and Telegram, as well as through regular classroom sessions in which Jameel Basha’s live or pre-recorded lectures were broadcast.
The agency further stated that the Kovai Arabic Educational Association provided institutional backing that enabled the alleged radicalisation activities.
The NIA said it is continuing its investigation in the case as part of its commitment to dismantling terror radicalisation networks.
NIA Files Suppl. Chargesheet against 7 Individuals & 1 Regd. Society in TN ISIS Radicalisation Case pic.twitter.com/hjrjzpegvN
— NIA India (@NIA_India) December 12, 2025
Source: India Today
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