The IS has planned to create bloodshed in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with the help of Konakalla Subramanyam alias Omer, intelligence sleuths have said.
Omer, who was arrested by the Hyderabad police a couple of days ago, contacted many IS sympathisers through social media sites and planned subversive activities.
“Had the police not arrested the terrorist sympathiser, he would have begun his operations soon,” a police officer opined.
The Counter Intelligence and the State and Central Intelligence officers are trying to find out whether Omer was in touch with the banned students and terrorist groups and any other anti-social elements in Andhra Pradesh.
Modus operandi
“The IS will initially use the sympathisers for carrying out subversive activities and brand them as their supporters. Later, the sympathisers have no choice but to follow the instructions of the group,” a Counter Intelligence officer said.
But it was not correct that Subramanyam had embraced Islam without the knowledge of the family members. He argued with his parents supporting Islam several times before leaving for Hyderabad, the officer said.
“We are trying to find out the financial sources of Omer and his family members, his contacts in the State particularly in Machilipatnam, Tadepalligudem, Nuzvid, Rajahmundry and other places where some terrorist groups were active a few years ago,” an intelligence official told The Hindu .
“We were shocked with the arrest of Omer alias Subramanyam. He is maintaining a distance with his family but visited AP several times in the last two years. There might be a strong reason for his visits,” said the police.
