Al-Qaeda's video 'Saffron Terror' urges members to target Hindu festivals

Intelligence agencies on vigil over fears Sabarimala, Kumbh Mela, Thrissur Pooram

Al-Qaeda's Indian subcontinent unit has launched a video titled 'Saffron Terror', the contents of which include morphed images and clips that are communally charged, as reported on TOI.  

The propaganda video has several false depictions portraying 'Hindu extremism'. In the first part of the video, the group urges its members to target Hindus. Intelligence sources reveal Al-Qaeda is engaging its operatives in India to target religious places and stoke communal tension.

Intelligence agencies are on vigil following the release of the video. The agencies are keeping a tab on the movements of a sleeper cell of the