The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 23, 2018 has arrested—Shafeek Ahamed (30), a resident of Tamil Nadu, for his alleged assistance to Islamic State (IS) sympathiser—V.K. Shajahan aka Shajahan Velluva Kandy on obtaining the Indian passport under the fake name of “Mohammed Ismail Mohideen” on the basis of forged documents, reports The Times of India. Shafeek was presented before the NIA Special Court in New Delhi where NIA received his remand for seven days for interrogation, read the statement released by the NIA.