- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
A member of the Islamic State (IS) terror outfit who was taken into custody by Russia’s Federal Security Service has confessed that he was preparing for an act of terror against a member of India’s ruling establishment for insulting Prophet Muhammad, a video of his interrogation by the Russian Federal Security Service’s Center for Public Relations (CPR) released on Monday (22) said.
According to Russia’s TASS news agency which reported about it, the detained individual said that he swore allegiance to the IS Amir in April this year and received a special training. He then flew to Russia from where he was about to go to India.
“I was supposed to be given things there to commit a terrorist attack at the behest of the IS for insulting the Prophet Muhammad,” he said.
A major controversy broke out in India and abroad in June after a now-suspended member of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party allegedly made controversial remarks about the Prophet, enraging Muslim communities in not only India but also in a number of Muslim nations, including some in the Gulf that are friendly towards India. The Narendra Modi government of India had to engage in a diplomatic damage control and the BJP suspended the official, Nupur Sharma.
There were even a few cases of murder registered in India that allegedly took place over support to Sharma.
Earlier, Russia’s Federal Security Service’s Central Office reported that a member of the IS, a native of a Central Asian country, was identified and apprehended.
The man reportedly planned to commit an act of terrorism against a member of India’s ruling circles by blowing himself up.
