NEW DELHI,Nov 17: Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said India was alert to the threat from Islamic State (ISIS), close on the heels of a central advisory warning all states and Union territories about the possibility of an ISIS-sponsored action on Indian soil.
"ISIS is not a threat for any particular country, but for the entire world. India is alert about ISIS," Rajnath told reporters here.
His statement comes in the wake of the security agencies scaling up the threat perception from ISIS in the light of the Paris attacks and India's declaration of its support to France's retaliatory strikes on ISIS territory.
"Though the ISIS has not been able to establish any significant presence in India, its success in radicalizing some youth, attracting certain sections of the local population or the Indian diaspora to physically participate in its activities or the possibility of piggy-backing on terrorist groups operating in India have opened up the possibility of ISIS-sponsored terrorist action on Indian territory," said the advisory issued by the home ministry on Monday to all the states/UTs.
The advisory specifically asked the state police to review inputs on ISIS and identify plans, target areas vulnerable to attacks by the outfit and take appropriate action to neutralize the threat, if any. (TNN)
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