New Delhi: Shajahan Velluva Kandy, an alleged Islamic State operative arrested by Delhi Police in New Delhi after his deportation from Turkey in July, was on his second mission to go to "perform hijrah to Syria" on a fake passport, the NIA said. The revelation came out after the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which took over the investigation of the case on September 5 following Home Ministry orders, filed a chargesheet against Kandy and his associate Mohammad Mustafa on December 23 in a special court in New Delhi.

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