After ISIS video, that threatened to avenge Babri demolition and killing of Muslims in Gujarat, Kashmir and Muzaffarnagar, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) police have put their social media labs on high alert.

Speaking on the issue, UP DGP Javeed Ahmed said, “We have put our social media labs on alert as well and will leave nothing to chance. We will keep a check on posts that are sympathetic to the ISIS ideology and also an eye on youths who could be lured by the ISIS propaganda.”

Along with alerting all the social media monitoring labs, the DGP said that, the intelligence networks were also being sensitized in communally sensitive districts in the wake of the ISIS propaganda.

The 22-minute ISIS documentary video, mostly in Arabic language, shows jihadists, believed to be from India, who have joined ISIS ranks, threatening to ‘return’ to ‘avenge killing of Muslims in India’.

Uttar Pradesh police were in good contact with the central intelligence agencies on the issue, the DGP said. “We are coordinating with our sister concerns at the national level while the resources available at the state level are keeping a close watch on any development which is beyond the usual”, he said.

By Phani Ch