Assam Police has claimed in an official announcement that international Islamist terrorist outfits like the ISIS (Islamic State) are showing interests to establish their arms in the state referring the increasing jihadist activities. The state DGP Khagen Sarma said on Tuesday that they are keeping a close watch on extremist militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria which has generated a lot of interest in the state going by the “hits in the Internet photos of ISIS.”

DGP of Assam Due to the Religious Fundamentalists ISIS is Showing Interest in the State

DGP Khagen Sarma said, “a lot of interest has been generated in Assam in the ISIS. Hits in the Internet photos of ISIS is very high in Assam” during a news conference held at the Assam Police headquarters here on Tuesday, grounding the religious fundamentalists in Assam. During the media conference, DGP said ” although no one from Assam had joined the ISIS so far, yet people’s interest in the terror organization was on the rise. We have not seen anyone joining the ISIS so far in Assam, but a lot of interest has generated in the outfit in Assam. We are alert and worried.

Adding the cyber cell of the criminal investigation department (CID) Mr. Sarma further added “Many people have visited the ISIS websites through the internet and the hits recorded by these websites indicate that it is more than curiosity. It is on the higher side like in Jammu & Kashmir or in Andhra Pradesh. We do not have the expertise and equipment to monitor this, but the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) is monitoring all these developments” on which Assam Police is also working on it.

The higher official of cops also said that “there is a threat to the state from the fundamentalist forces both the Hindu right-wing fundamentalist and Islamist fundamentalist outfits”.  Though the Hindu fundamentalist groups are not yet active while the actions of the Islamist fundamentalist forces are visible in the state.

DGP Khagen Sarma said “Recently we arrested 24 members of the Jamaatul Mujahideen, Bangladesh (JMB), a Bangladesh-based Islamist terror outfit, who have spread to Assam and some other states in India after the Bangladesh government launched a crackdown against them. We have also arrested members of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) from Assam in the past.” Stay tuned with us for more trending alerts happening across the globe by bookmarking (press Ctrl+D) us in your web browser for easy navigation.