New Delhi, Oct 5: Members of an Islamic State (IS) module arrested in Kerala revealed that they were planning to kill high court judges in the states and senior RSS leaders. They also said that they had prepared a list of the targets. As per sources, the revelation was first of its kind made by IS operatives arrested in the country. Also Read - 'Mother's Body Organs For Sale': Kerala Woman Offers to Sell All Her Organs to Pay Medical Bills of Her Children

On Tuesday, intelligence agencies in Kerala alerted the state government about ISS threat to two high court judges and some top RSS functionaries, after National Investigation Agency (NIA) made six arrests linked to the terror outfit from the southern state. Security of the the people whose names were found on the hitlist has been beefed up. The IS module was led by Majeed alia Omar Al Hindi, who recently returned from Qatar where he is believed to have met senior leaders of the terror group. Also Read - Kerala: 2 Migrant Workers Killed in Quarry Explosion in Ernakulam District, Terror Links Suspected

As per a Times of India report, the IS members had hitlist of eight RSS functionaries and Kerala High Court judges. NIA on Monday arrested six members of the outfit from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The arrested include Abu Basheer alias Rashid from Coimbatore, Swalih Mohammed T alias Yousuf from Thrissur, Safwan P from Mallapuram, Jasim N K and Ramshad Nageelan Kandiyil alias Aaamu from Kozhikode. The agency also detained an IS suspect who is an important IS operative, but is not realted to the module. A report has been submitted by ADGP Intelligence to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, PTI reported. ALSO READ: NIA arrests 6 persons of ISIS inspired module in Kerala for conspiring to commit terrorist acts Also Read - NIA Busts Major Terror Module, Arrests 9 Suspected Al-Qaeda Operatives For 'Plotting Attacks on Vital Installations'

The six persons were arrested from Kozhikode and Kannur districts by NIA teams along with Kerala Police, Delhi police and Telangana police. The officials had launched surveillance on the movements of the accused involved in the conspiracy, after which the arrests were made. Out of the six, five were arrested while conducting a meeting at Kanakamala hilltop in Kannur. The sixth suspect was caught from from Kuttiyadi in Kozhikode, as per a NIA release. ALSO READ: NIA team camps in Kerala to probe case of 21 missing youth suspected to have joined ISIS

The NIA had earlier registered a case of 21 missing youths from Kerala who are believed to have joined ISIS and moved to Syria among other countries. However, officials confirmed that the operative did not have any relation to the missing youths from the state. DGP Loknath Behara said that the state police has beefed up its security in the backdrop of the arrests. Along with Central agencies, the state police will also be monitoring the situation.

TOI quoted a source saying, “We are still interrogating them but it appears that they wanted to show the presence of IS in south India by targeting political leaders and judges as such attacks would have increased their visibility.” More members of the module are absconding while others are based abroad. Omar Al Hindi was earlier associated with Kerala-based organisation Popular Front of India, which was chargesheeted in the professor T J Joseph palm chopping case.