NEW DELHI: The British intelligence had warned India about a possible terrorist attack by the homegrown terror outfit, Indian Mujahideen (IM). The alert led to a general nationwide alert on Wednesday.
The British intelligence alert is believed to have been received by Indian agencies just as British PM David Cameron was about to land in Mumbai on Monday. The input did not speak of any specific movements of terrorists or any particular module. Sources said it may have been based on inputs gathered by the heightened British intelligence gathering in the region ahead of Cameron's visit.
On Wednesday, a general alert was issued by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) about a possible attack by the IM. The alert was based on the British input, and came after several weeks of silence about any IM activity.
There are no dependable inputs with agencies until now about any IM module being active of late, sources said. However, investigations of recent times have indicated that the entire network of the homegrown terror group may not have been unearthed.
The IM tentacles are not just limited to some Indian cities, but it also has very strong affiliations among the Indian diaspora. The activities of IM are believed to have regular funding from West Asian countries. Also, some of the first Indian terrorists to have emerged in the communally vicious times of the 1990s — mostly having undergone terror training in Pakistan — are now based in the Gulf region. Among them is C A M Basheer, a former senior SIMI leader.
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