Born: 1968;

Place of Birth: Tamil Nadu, India;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Indian;

General Info:
Khaja Moideen, a native of Tamil Nadu, was arrested in 2004, for organising a training camp at Nellikuppam wherein conversion into Islam were organised along with training for handling weapons and martial arts.

Khaja was also arrested by the NIA in a terror case where he was associated with one Haja Fakkruddin, a native of Cuddalore, the first man from Tamil Nadu who is believed to have joined the Islamic State after leaving his lucrative job in Singapore.

Moideen along with the other Islamic State-inspired terrorists had used these SIM cards to organise conspiracy meetings, recruit persons, collect prohibited arms and ammunition, procure jungle training equipment, raise funds and harbour their associates.

Several rounds of closed-door meetings were organised by Moideen in different hideouts to indoctrinate and also to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State.

They were guided by a foreign-based handler. Khaja Moideen along with Syed Ali Nawaz and Abdul Samad went to Kathmandu, Nepal after illegally crossing the border with fake documents.

After setting up a base in Nepal to be used as a hideout they came to Delhi after crossing over from the porous Indo-Nepal border.

In Delhi, hideout and weapons were arranged by their foreign-based handler through one of his contacts in Delhi.

The probe found that the SIM cards were used by the accused for terrorist activities.

The NIA later took over the probe and found that the SIM were supplied to Islamic State operatives Khaja Moideen and Liyakath Ali.

Moideen along with the others had used these SIM cards to organise conspiracy meetings, recruit persons, collect prohibited arms and ammunition, procure jungle training equipment, raise funds and harbour their associates.

They were also making and testing IEDs, used the dark web for communications with their foreign based handler as part of the preparations to wage Jihad.

They were also trying to establish a province of the Islamic State in the forests of south India.

Syed Ali assisted Moideen in using the dark web, encrypted communication to communicate with a foreign based handler and had also participated in conspiracy meetings and arranged safe hide-outs.