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.
A number of other countries, including the US, Jordan, Russia, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, are sharing footprints of Islamic radicalization in cyberspace with New Delhi to prevent any untoward incident in hinterland India, as well as encrypted communications.
The 30-year-old Azamov’s interrogation report is still awaited by Indian security services, who have provided a list of precise questions to their Russian counterparts in order for the attacker to be questioned in accordance with those guidelines. In order to obtain approval to participate in investigations, Indian security agencies are also in contact with their Kyrgyz and Uzbek counterparts.
Russian intelligence prevented an attack on India, but Jordanian intelligence warned their Indian counterparts about the radicalisation 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 abeing 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.
