Why did Rishard go to Kerala?

investigations have begun to probe what made parliamentarian   Bathiudeen visit Kerala. According to  Indian media, the agencies will be looking into the inputs on his visit to Kasaragod in 2009 and also his acquaintance with a few religious leaders in Kerala, who had met him in Sri Lanka. intelligence officials say that parliamentarian, Rishad’s father hailed from Padna in Kasaragod and he has been in regular touch with contacts in the region. 

 

 was in touch with a few persons in the region.

 

The Intelligence Bureau and National Investigation Agency (NIA) had busted an IS module in Tamil Nadu by arresting a person in June 2019 for being in touch with Zahran Hashim and his accomplices over social media.

 

Hashmi is one of the suicide bombers who executed the Easter Day bombings in the island nation. “Kerala police will be looking into the links of arrested Sri Lankan political leader in Kerala to confirm the reports,” said Kerala State Police Chief Loknath Behera.

 

According to intelligence officers, the Kasaragod connection of Bathiudeen will be explored in detail as an earlier probe into the missing of five young Muslim families from Padna, who left for Syria in 2016 to join IS, had revealed that a few in the group had been to National Thowheed Jamaath in Sri Lanka where they underwent religious training before proceeding to Syria