IM is in touch with al-Qaeda, says NIA

Internet chats of IM cadres in coded terms, accessed by the agency, revealed that the al-Qaeda had assigned them two tasks: kidnapping Jews and creating a terror network in Myanmar.

After a powerful blast by terror outfits on the Pakistani side of the Wagah border claimed more than 60 lives, Indian intelligence agencies are concerned about possible terror attacks following reports of a growing proximity between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and the al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

The National Investigation Agency probe into IM operations shows key members of the terror outfit in contact with the al-Qaeda to carry out terror attacks in India. Internet chats of IM cadres in coded terms, accessed by the agency, revealed that the al-Qaeda had assigned them two tasks: kidnapping Jews and creating a terror network in Myanmar.