NEW DELHI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A special court on Friday held two Indian nationals guilty of working as Islamic State (IS) recruiters and sentenced them to seven years in jail, in the first of such conviction in the country.
The court handed down the punishment to 24-year-old Azhar-ul-Islam from Indian-controlled Kashmir and 25-year-old Mohammed Farhan Shaikh from the western state of Maharashtra after the duo pleaded guilty to conspiring to raise funds and recruiting people for IS.
The court gave them lesser punishment after the two recently told the court, through their defense lawyer, that they "are remorseful of the acts alleged against them."
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