Assam Has Second Highest Interest in IS Activities, Police on Watch

File photo of Islamic State members

Guwahati:  After Jammu and Kashmir, Assam has the most interest in the extremist militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and the Assam police are now keeping a strict watch on internet traffic in the state.

A national survey by an intelligence agency has showed the second largest volume of internet traffic related to ISIS was from Assam, after Jammu and Kashmir.

The state police say it is not just casual interest.

“That kind of interest is a very small percentage,” said state Director General of Police Khagen Sarma. “Hits in the internet photos of ISIS is very high in Assam”.

Responding to queries on the global terror outfit’s appeal in the state, Mr Sarma, however, said there are no ISIS members in Assam so far.

But the state Criminal Investigation Department and the National Technical Research Organisation were monitoring the activities of the ISIS and checking whether any cyber cells have been opened for recruitment.

The NTRO is a technical intelligence agency under the National Security Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office.