TNN, New Delhi :
A pro-Islamic State (IS) Telegram channel has released a poster in Bengali language which says, “coming soon”, indicating that the IS could be planning an attack in either Bangladesh or West Bengal.
Sources in an intelligence agency confirmed that the Bengali poster in question was in fact being circulated and that the agency was investigating the matter.
Released on Thursday night, the poster reads “Shighroi Aschhe [coming soon], Inshallah…”. The poster also features the logo of a group called Al-Mursalat, according to the Times of India.
Islamic State already has a strong hold in Bangladesh with a section of local terrorist organisation named Jamatul Mujahideen (New-JMB) which is affiliated to ISIS Central.
It is a cause for concern as JMB operatives have been known to recruit and establish hideouts in Kolkata and others parts of West Bengal and neighbouring states.
Three years ago, local JMB sleeper cells had put up posters in several districts of West Bengal asking the youth to join the terrorist organisation. The existence and circulation of the Bengali poster is being taken seriously as the IS recently carried out over eight deadly serial blasts in Sri Lanka through local outfit Tawheed Jamaat.
Days after the serial blasts in Sri Lanka, Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in which over 300 people were killed, and hundreds more injured.
The blasts targeted churches and hotels, and foreign nationals, including 11 Indians, were among the dead.
Meanwhile, Indicating that Islamic State could be planning an attack in Bangladesh or West Bengal, a pro-IS Telegram channel has released a poster in Bengali saying “Coming Soon”.
Sources in an intelligence agency confirmed that such a poster was in circulation and that it was being looked into, reports Times of India
The poster, released on Thursday night, reads “Shighroi Aschhe (coming soon), Inshallah..” and has the logo of a group called al Mursalat.
Agencies have taken the poster seriously as the IS has just carried out deadly serial blasts in Sri Lanka through local outfit Tawheed Jamaat.
