ISIS plans to target Shia shrines in India

The ISIS-inspired module, that was busted recently, has revealed that several plans had been hatched to target Shia shrines in India, investigations have found.

The ISIS-inspired module, that was busted recently, has revealed that several plans had been hatched to target Shia shrines in India, investigations have found.

The interrogation of one of the members of the module busted in Uttar Pradesh has revealed that a plan was hatched to carry out a blast at the Waris Ali Shah dargah. 

The module members had also planned on murdering a leading Shia cleric in UP, investigations further revealed. 

He said that he and the rest of the members had visited several places which had a dominant Shia population. “We wanted to target these places and create fear in the minds of the Shias,” he told the NIA.