Srinagar: There have been security concerns in Kashmir after masked men carried ISIS flags after Eid celebrations last week. Security agencies are still searching for those involved in the controversial rally at the Idgah Maidan.
The men were seen publicly brandishing the flag of the terror outfit. This is the second such ISIS related incident in the state. The first reported sighting of IS flags and banners was on June 27.
The masked men were seen waving IS flags and shouting slogans in the heart of the city, enough to put security agencies on alert.
The IS is spreading its wing in Syria-Iraq through a merciless onslaught on those who don’t believe in their idea of Islam. Men being shot, beheaded, women kidnapped, raped and sold as slaves; humanity has lost its relevance before the daggers and guns for these killers.
A man holding the headless body of his young girl child and looking at it with stoned eyes and other such gory images have seeped through the blood soaked streets of the region as a warning to the rest of the world about the insane brutality of the men holding the black flag of the Islamic State.
“Certainly, we are watching and closely monitoring the situation as it were. As per my inputs, there was one incident of the kind that you refer to that of the (IS) flag. We are watching the situation as this is something which merits the highest concern of all security agencies and let me tell you that it is getting the attention of all the security agencies,” General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army’s Srinagar based 15 Corps, Lt Gen Subrata Saha said.
Security agencies have not issued a comment, but reports say the Intelligence Bureau has held a high level meeting in Delhi to discuss the issue.