Al-Qaeda planning attack in West Bengal with politicians on hit list, claims IB report


NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (The Statesman/ANN): A report by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), filed on November 5, has revealed that Al-Qaeda is planning a terror attack in West Bengal, using its sleeper cells. The report further claimed that the terror outfit has a few Bengali politicians on its hit list.

As per a news report by India Today, Al-Qaeda has been running online recruitment drives among the local youths in West Bengal from Karachi and Peshawar in Pakistan.

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