Digital Desk: As pan-Islamic terrorist groups like Islamic State and Al Qaida attempt
to radicalise Muslims inside and outside of India in order to harm the nation
in the name of blasphemy, national security agencies are on high alert.
The security agencies
are not acting alone in this endeavour; friendly nations like the US, Jordan,
Russia, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia are also cooperating with New Delhi to
prevent any untoward incidents in India's hinterland by exchanging encrypted
communications and digital footprints of Islamic radicalization.
Investigations into
the apprehension of Islamic State suicide bomber Mashrabkon Azamov by the
Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, have shown that another Kyrgyzstani
person, in addition to the jailed Uzbek, was taught to attack India by
Islamists in Turkey. According to information, the Kyrgyz national travelled
from Moscow to India along the same path as the two assailants. While the
Indian security agencies are still expecting the 30-year-old Azamov's
interrogation report, they have forwarded their Russian counterparts a list of
precise questions so that the attacker might be questioned along those lines. Additionally,
Indian security services are in contact with their Kyrgyz and Uzbek colleagues
to request authorization to participate in investigations.
Russian intelligence
prevented an attack on India, but Jordanian intelligence warned their Indian
counterparts about the radicalization of engineering student Meer Anaas Ali,
who is from Ambur Town in Tamil Nadu. The third-year engineering student was
being radicalised online to revenge India for insulting the Prophet by the
Islamic State. The student is currently being held in judicial custody after
being detained on July 31 by Tamil Nadu police. According to the local
authorities, Anaas was interacting with his internet handlers on social media
sites like Telegram and Instagram and had ties to the ultra-conservative
Wahhabi organisation that was outlawed.
The pan-Islamist terrorist organisations have been discussing plans to attack India over the past two months, and the allied intelligence services have been warning their Indian counterparts about this. Apart from the Pakistani deep state, groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, which is active in Turkey, Kuwait, and Qatar, are attempting to throw fuel to the fire by encouraging radicalised individuals to "teach India a lesson." While the Muslim Brotherhood uses its connections with Islamist groups in India to instigate violence in the name of religion, Rawalpindi is utilising Pakistani cadres within the Islamic State of Khorasan Province to target New Delhi through Indian recruits in the Wahabbi organisation.
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