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Delhi under threat of strikes from ISIS: Home Ministry
The areas under threat from ISIS, as per the Ministry of Home Affairs, include the Prime Minister’s house, Rashtrapati Bhavan and Rajpath, among other locations.
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The national capital is under a serious threat of aerial strikes from different terror outfits including the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
The report said that security agencies have taken necessary steps to foil any such attacks and have prepared a list of 15 key areas in the Indian capital that they fear might be targeted.
The areas under threat, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, include the Prime Minister’s house, the residences of Home Minister and Vice-President, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Rajpath, India Gate and the CGO Complex that houses the headquarters of key agencies such as the CBI, CISF and BSF.
Various objects like unmanned air system (UAS), drones, and para-motors could be used to launch these attacks, the ministry said.
The security agencies have been instructed to shoot down any unidentified or suspicious flying object once it is declared ‘non-friendly’ by the India Air Force (IAF).
“Delhi is the most sensitive metro in India. It has been facing threats from various outfits. But aerial attack threats are now the main focus. Security and intelligence agencies have given reports about such attacks in Delhi. The government is coming out with a plan to counter the threat,” a top government official was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.
Last month, a suspected drone had been noticed at the airport in Delhi. However, security agencies are still unable to demystify the incident.
On the side-lines of these developments, Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, had recently said that Muslim youths from five south Indian states - Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh - were getting attracted towards the Islamic State.
According to his statement, South India had traditionally more links with the Middle East. So there has been more exchange of travellers there and more reports of such involvements have come from south India.
Terror brewing
- Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, said youths from S India - were getting attracted to IS.
- Arib Fayyaz Majeed, a engineer from Maharashtra was the first Indian to join ISIS as a suicide bomber.
- Hyderabad engineer Salman M was arrested in January this year, when he was about to fly to Dubai
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