New Delhi: The Resistance Front, a terror group banned by the Indian government in January, has issued threats to 30 RSS leaders in Jammu and Kashmir. It comes three days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat reiterated his idea for an "Akhand Bharat".
The list of 30 RSS members was released on the group's website. No big names are on it.
The government said that they are assessing the threat by the group which is a proxy of the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
"TRF has threatened largely Muslim leaders who are supposedly associated with RSS so we are also examining the genuineness of the threat. It's just weaponisation of social media and nothing else. Organisations like TRF just want to create false propaganda," a senior official told NDTV. They also confirmed that the RSS leaders on the list are in-charge of areas in South and North Kashmir and Jammu region.
"Such terror outfits usually threaten those who they perceive are close to the Jammu and Kashmir government. So, we are processing this aspect to the threat too," said an official on the ground. The state administration has been trying to prove that the situation in Kashmir has improved.