Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader forms new terror outfit for India operations - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: Days ahead of the formation of a new government in India, intelligence inputs gathered by central agencies say a leader of Pak-based terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa Zameer Khan has formed a new outfit- Ansar-ul-Uma- forconducting operations in India.
According to the inputs, the new outfit was formed three days ago and 80-100 terrorists had already joined it. Sleuths are busy gathering more information about the new outfit and its members.
A secret document of the intelligence agencies, accessed by TOI, claims that the new outfit has its office located in Bagh district in Pakistan.
The intelligence agencies have also informed that Maulana Masood Azhar, founder of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), last week held a conference -'Jehad-e-Kashmir'- with senior members of various Tanzeems. Masood Azhar was released by India in the wake of the 1999 Kandahar hijack.
This is for the second time, the intelligence agencies have tracked that Masood Azhar is active again. In January, agencies found that Azhar had held a rally in Muzzarabad in Pak-occupied Kashmir.
The emergence of the new terror outfit comes at a time when home-grown Indian Mujahideen has been virtually neutralized by security agencies with the arrest of its mail operatives. "Indian Mujahideen carried out a series of blasts in India for past 7-8 years but terrorists from across the border could be a bigger threat as they are highly trained," said an officer.
Sources said there has been a spurt in infiltration attempts across the border recently. The intelligence agencies have also informed that some Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists may enter India very soon to carry out strikes.
Officers said the terror outfits are getting restive for any possible win by the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.
The agencies are also on the alert as SIMI had become active again with some of its senior members having regular meetings. Sources said sleuths are also probing whether the outfit had any role in Thursday blasts on a train in Chennai.
NEW DELHI: Days ahead of the formation of a new government in India, intelligence inputs gathered by central agencies say a leader of Pak-based terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa Zameer Khan has formed a new outfit- Ansar-ul-Uma- forconducting operations in India.
According to the inputs, the new outfit was formed three days ago and 80-100 terrorists had already joined it. Sleuths are busy gathering more information about the new outfit and its members.
A secret document of the intelligence agencies, accessed by TOI, claims that the new outfit has its office located in Bagh district in Pakistan.
The intelligence agencies have also informed that Maulana Masood Azhar, founder of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), last week held a conference -'Jehad-e-Kashmir'- with senior members of various Tanzeems. Masood Azhar was released by India in the wake of the 1999 Kandahar hijack.
This is for the second time, the intelligence agencies have tracked that Masood Azhar is active again. In January, agencies found that Azhar had held a rally in Muzzarabad in Pak-occupied Kashmir.
The emergence of the new terror outfit comes at a time when home-grown Indian Mujahideen has been virtually neutralized by security agencies with the arrest of its mail operatives. "Indian Mujahideen carried out a series of blasts in India for past 7-8 years but terrorists from across the border could be a bigger threat as they are highly trained," said an officer.
Sources said there has been a spurt in infiltration attempts across the border recently. The intelligence agencies have also informed that some Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists may enter India very soon to carry out strikes.
Officers said the terror outfits are getting restive for any possible win by the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.
The agencies are also on the alert as SIMI had become active again with some of its senior members having regular meetings. Sources said sleuths are also probing whether the outfit had any role in Thursday blasts on a train in Chennai.
