An NIA court in Kolkata has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a case linked to a Pakistan-sponsored conspiracy to recruit and radicalise Muslim youths in West Bengal for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit, officials said on Thursday (January 22, 2026).
The Special NIA Court, Kolkata, on Wednesday (January 21) pronounced the sentence for Sayyad M. Idris of Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka after he was convicted in the LeT recruitment module case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, they said.
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The accused has also been fined a sum of ₹70,000, said the officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The probe agency took over the case from the West Bengal Police in April 2020 and arrested Idris, along with another person.
