KOCHI: The NIA court in Kochi has sentenced two accused to 7 years' imprisonment and one accused to six years' imprisonment in the Valapattanam ISIS recruitment case. The court sentenced the first accused Midlaj and the fifth accused UK Hamsa to seven years and a fine of Rs 50,000. It also sent the second accused Abdul Razaq to six years' imprisonment and a Rs 40,000 fine. The court had found the three guilty the other day.

The case was first registered at the Valapattanam police station in Kannur district before the NIA took over the probe in 2017. Initially, the FIR was registered against Midlaj, Abdul Razak, Rashid MV, Manauf Rahman and Hamsa. Later, Abdul Khayum was arraigned as accused, while Rashid MV and Manauf Rahman turned approvers.