Union Minister of
State for Home G Kishan Reddy on Sunday said that the UN report on presence of
ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka is factually not correct. The UN report, ‘The 26th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team
concerning ISIS, Al-Qaeda and associated individuals and entities’, states that
there is a significant number of ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka.

Although the minister
said the government was aware of the report, he refuted the claim made in the
report.

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“However, the
said report claiming presence of ‘significant numbers’ of ISIS terrorists in
Kerala and Karnataka, is factually not correct. The government continuously
takes necessary measures to put forth India’s correct position through
established mechanism in unequivocal and categorical terms at various
international, multilateral and bilateral fora and also through diplomatic channels,”
he said.

Reddy also said 34
cases related to the presence of Islamic State (IS) and 20 cases related to the
presence of Lashkar-e-Toiba across the country were registered by the National
Investigation Agency (NIA) and 240 people were arrested.

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“The government is aware of the presence
of the terrorist outfits in the country, including ISIS, Daesh, IS Khorasan,
Lashkar-e-Toiba etc. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has so far
registered and investigated 34 cases related to presence of Islamic State (IS)
and 20 cases related to presence of Lashkar-e-Toiba across the country and
arrested 160 and 80 accused persons respectively,” he said.