India has warned of possible militant attacks on the occasion of Buddha Purnima in West Bengal or Bangladesh.
The neighbouring country’s central Intelligence Bureau (IB) issued an alert, warning of a ‘fidayeen’ attack by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) or Islamic State (ISIS) on Buddha Purnima in West Bengal or Bangladesh, Zee News reports quoting the agency’s sources on Saturday (May 11).
According to Zee News, Indian central government dispatched the alert to the West Bengal government on May 10 and asked to take all necessary precautionary measures.
The alert adds that the fidayeen, who could be impersonating as a pregnant lady may enter Hindu or Buddhist temples to launch attacks in undivided Bengal - which includes India’s eastern state of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
The West Bengal Police has beefed up security across the Hindu and Buddhist temples across the state in the city as well as other parts of the state after receiving the Intel’s inputs.
On Apr 27, a Bengali poster was released by a pro-Islamic State Telegram channel which had these two words - "SHIGHROI ASCHHE [coming soon]" and was reportedly circulated and also had the logo of a group named Al-Mursalat.
Earlier, the National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ) came under scanner for possibly carrying out Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. The NTJ had close links with the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen India unit.
At that time, Sri Lankan state minister of defence Ruwan Wijewardene had earlier said the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen India (JMI), a unit of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh or JMB, may have had a role in Sunday's bombings.
However, there is very little information on JMI's activities in India, according to news website International Business Times.
But, reports that indicate its presence in India as two members of the JMB were arrested from West Bengal's Murshidabad district in February.

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