National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 15, carried out searches at eight locations in Kerala spread over the districts of Kannur, Mallapuram, Kollam and Kasargod, and arrested three people, identified as Mushab Anuvar, Rahees Rashid and Mohammed Ameen. A senior NIA official said, “The group has been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram for propagating violent Jihadi ideology of the ISIS and radicalising/recruiting new members…Laptops, mobiles, hard disks, pendrives, multiple SIM cards and incriminating documents were seized.”