Over 150 Assam youths in touch with ISIS : IB
According to a top source in the IB, the ISIS has already made its base in Assam with the help of some organisations.
"These overground organisations have worked for ISIS in Assam and. They get monetary support from ISIS," the top IB source said.
The source said an ISIS terrorist was apprehended in Assam last year.
"We have found vital clues that terror groups like Neo-JMB, MULTA, MTFA, Indian Mujahideen and SIMI are jointly working with ISIS and trying to establish launching pads along the international border in North East India," the source said.
The issue was raised at the special security meeting held in Guwahati last week in presence of Assam DGP, the Union Home Secretary (NE) and the top officials of army and IB.
Meanwhile, a top official of Assam Police also said that the ISIS is trying to establish its network in the state.
Last year, more than 40 jihadis incuding 24 of JMB and six of MTFA were apprehended by the security forces from different areas of the state.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that last year it arrested 112 people and 64 of them were linked to jihadi terror.
The top security body arrested 52 people in 12 ISIS related cases.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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