According to Security sources, sub continental units of Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda – Neo Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (neo-JMB) and Ansar Bangla Team (ABT) - pose a threat to Assam and West Bengal, reports Assam Tribune on May 4. The sources also added that “so far, the security agencies have not noticed any activity of these outfits in Northeast India, but no one knows whether such outfits managed to poison the minds of anyone”.
The sources stated that new modus operandi for groups like the Islamic State and Al Qaeda is to use the cyber space to motivate youths to work for them and the outfits do not have to send their own men to carry out attacks. Sources pointed out that the police and security forces can keep watch on social media to find out whether anyone is involved in spreading malicious propaganda. Even the Assam Police is doing it. But it is difficult to ascertain if any youth is secretly supporting the ideology of the terror groups. If the terror groups manage to poison the minds of youths by using the cyber space, there is no way the security agencies can be aware of it.
Sources further added that Bodh Gaya (Bihar) blasts were carried out by activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the persons involved in it did not receive training in any terrorist camp. The youths involved in the attack decided to take revenge against the attacks against Rohingya in Myanmar, and they learnt bomb making through internet and tried it out in a jungle near Ranchi (Jharkhand).