The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group member who was planning a terrorist attack on a member of India’s ruling elite was caught by Russian federal security service (FSB) agents on Monday, according to the Russian news source Sputnik. Russia’s FSB stated in a statement that it has “identified and captured a member of the international terrorist group Islamic State from a Central Asian nation who wanted to execute a terrorist act by blowing himself up against one of the representatives of India’s ruling circles.”
According to the statement, one of the IS leaders in Turkey recruited the detained to carry out suicide bombings. More details regarding this story are awaited as it is still emerging. The Central Government has designated Islamic State and all of its incarnations as Terrorist Organizations and added them to the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The Home Ministry claims that IS spreads its ideas through a variety of online social media channels. The relevant agencies are closely monitoring cyberspace in this regard, and appropriate legal action is taken.