Target IAS and IPS officers: Al Qaeda warns of Europe-like attacks in India, asks Muslims to ‘rise up’
In a video message released by the terror outfit, Umar not only warns of attacks but also incites Indian Muslims to carry them out. On their target are the top IAS and IPS officers in India
New Delhi: Maulana Asim Umar, the chief of the al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS), has sent out a strong message warning of terror attacks on Indian soil. In a video message released by the terror outfit, Umar not only warns of attacks but also incites Indian Muslims to carry them out. On their target are the top IAS and IPS officers in India, a report by SITE intelligence group has claimed.
In his statement, Umar asserted that Indian states and their departments were equally responsible for incidents targeting Muslims in India.
“Otherwise how could anyone dare to just take knives and cut Muslims like vegetables? We say if the Indian state is not involved in the massacre of Muslims, then Muslim youth should also be given free hand, as given to Hindu mobsters during riots,” the US-based SITE intelligence group said in its statement quoting Umar.
Provoking Indian Muslims to start jihad in the country, Umar said, “Kill senior officers of institutions and administrative departments that get (people to) start these riots. Target IPS and IAS officers, cause them financial losses.”
He also asked them to rise up and follow the examples of lone wolf attackers in Europe.
Meanwhile, National Investigation Agency chief Sharad Kumar has said that they will analyse the statement released the ASIQ chief.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the head of the terror group, released a video in September 2014 in which he announced Asim Umar as the chief of al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent.
According to media reports, Umar, whose original name is Sanaul Haq, is from Sambhal in Uttar Prades. He moved to Pakistan in the late 1990s.
The development comes barely days after seven suspected ISIS militants slaughtered 20 civilains, including an Indian woman, inside the Hooley Artisan bakery situated in Dhaka's high-security diplomatic zone.
Incidentally, dreaded terror group ISIS is also reportedly planning to launch attacks in India through its bases in Bangladesh and Pakistan.