The Centre is seriously concerned over Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed using territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorists and finances.
The modus operandi is recruitment of Indian youths by LeT and Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami for training in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and then sending them back to India for sabotage and subversive activities.
"These outfits are well organised, interlinked and have the latest hardware and communication equipment," according to a paper prepared by the Union Home Ministry on internal security situation.
Investigations into recent terror attacks, including the July Mumbai blasts, Varanasi serial blasts in March and the attack on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore last December have indicated increased use of Bangladeshi territory by ISI-backed terrorist groups and the growing terror networking of Bangladeshi fundamentalist groups with LeT and JeM.
According to intelligence sources, in all these attacks, suspected terrorists had infiltrated from across the Indo-Bangladesh border.
The current strategy of these groups, according to the paper, is to maintain continuous flow of finances to sustain terrorist network, target vital installations and economic infrastructure, recruit and train local modules and attack soft targets like market places, public transport system, places of worship and congregations.
Their strategy also includes provoking communal tensions to create a wedge between communities and supplying hardware through land and sea routes. The Home Ministry strongly feels that terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK is yet to be dismantled and it is being used by Pakistan-based and ISI-sponsored outfits like JeM, LeT, Al-Badr and Hizbul Mujahideen.
Concerned over the situation, the security establishment has taken special measures to meet the terror threat in the hinterland.
The states are being regularly sensitised and specific intelligence inputs shared with them by the Central agencies about the plans and designs of terrorist outfits. The Centre has also directed the states to set up well-equipped and specially-trained special police units to deal with acts of terror.
Terrorist modules have been busted in different states by state security and intelligence agencies in association with the Central agencies.
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