Alarmed by the unusual increase in the number of terror incidents across the world, the Indian government today banned the blood-thirsty Islamic State (ISIS), after detaining an Bangalore-based engineer for running a pro-Islamic state Twitter account @ShamiWitness. Until now, India had held off on a ban on Islamic State, because
of the group's lack of activity inside the country and worries over the fate
of 39 Indian construction workers missing in Iraq this year, who are
believed to be held by the group. Home minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament that the government is aiming to limit the activities of the West Asia group which has carved out
swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. "We had taken cognizance of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
activities in other countries," he said. "As a first step we have banned
this outfit in India". On Saturday, police arrested Mehdi Masoor Biswas, a 24-year-old food
company executive from the southern tech hub of Bengaluru, saying he
was running the pro-Islamic State Twitter handle @ShamiWitness that had
17,800 followers, including hundreds of foreign fighters for the group.
The ugly-looking 'Flag of Islamic Caliphate' that reads 'Testimony - There is no god but Allah' in Arabic.
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