ISIS threat to Turkish bodies in India: IB

ISIS has already released YouTube videos threatening terror strikes on Turkey.

been shared with the Turkish Embassy. The Home Ministry has so far denied the presence of ISIS in India.

“Based on cyber- surveillance and inputs from other international agencies watching the activities of ISIS, we have strong reason to believe that ISIS terrorists, in a group or a lone wolf attack, are looking to harm Turkish interests in the country,” an official aware of the development said.

Sources said that British agencies have already issued a travel advisory warning its citizens to not to visit Turkey because of a very strong possibility of a series of terror attacks by ISIS there.

ISIS has already threatened terror strikes on Turkey via YouTube videos. In March, three ISIS members carried out a terror attack in the country, in which three civilians and five soldiers were injured.

“Support for ISIS in India has definitely increased in the last 4-5 months, and even though the government does not want to make much noise about it, we are aware of the threat and doing our jobs. As of now, most ISIS supporters in India are only showing their support online,” the official stated.

At present, embassies in the national capital are guarded by a temporary unit called the Diplomatic Security Force, which was formed in 1973 with personnel police borrowed from police posts of New Delhi district and other Delhi Police battalions as well as central paramilitary forces. It is headed by a junior-ranking deputy commissioner, with an assistant commissioner and one inspector supervising the unit.