"Mohamed Shariq had conspired with co-accused Syed Yasin and a foreign-based IS online handler to promote IS terror activities in India with the aim to terrorise the society through IED attacks. He was also involved in fundraising activities for IS," the NIA said.
It has been the norm for Islamic terrorists and Jihadis to assume and use Hindu names while carrying out terror attacks in India while targeting innocent individuals for their extremist cause
While the NIA chargesheet revealed the entire nexus of the ISIS terror plot, the Congress party had, after the incident, given a clean chit to the Mangaluru bomb blast accused Mohammed Shariq
Incidentally, both Mohammad Shariq and Syed Yasin have been chargesheeted by NIA in both the terror cases – Shivamogga trial blast case and Mangaluru cooker blast case.
NIA arrested the 15th accused in the ISIS-inspired car bomb blast case in Coimbatore, in which a suicide bomber was killed when his vehicle laden with IED exploded