On Saturday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met top officials of Central intelligence and investigative agencies and police forces of 13 States to discuss the influence of the IS in India.
According to agencies, 25 Indians have so far travelled to Syria or Iraq to fight for the IS.
The government has developed a blueprint on the social media strategy against the IS for effective monitoring of the Internet , the hotspot of recruitment by the terrorist outfits.
Central investigation agencies are in the process of producing messages posted by individuals on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms as evidence in court against those arrested for supporting or joining the Islamic State (IS) or any other terrorist outfit, a senior government official said.
Concerned over the growing influence of the IS in neighbouring countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and even the Maldives, the Union Home Ministry has decided to use the existing provisions under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to seek information about the terrorist outfits.
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