Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi, who tried to attack Gorakhnath temple, could be a member of terrorist organization Hezbollah or Islamic State. Retired Lieutenant General Abhay Krishna has expressed this apprehension. He said that the way Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi attacked the policemen guarding the Gorakhnath temple with a knife, it is the way of terrorist organizations in the Middle East. He said that such attacks in Israel have often been tried by terrorist organizations like Hamas. In such attacks, only one to two people carry out the incident.
Abhay Krishna, who was the Commanding Chief of the Indian Army’s South-West, Eastern and Central Commands, said it was too early to say that Mortaza was part of a terror module in the Middle East. But it cannot be denied that terrorist organizations may follow such a trend in future. Talking to India Today, Abhay Krishna said, ‘There is a possibility that he has been radicalized online. Like if its digital recruitment has been done by Islamic State or Hezbollah. He said that Murtaza can be an easy target for these terrorist organizations.
Such terrorist attacks can happen in future also.
He said that these terrorist organizations nowadays recruit terrorists online and they are given names like virtual plotters. They are trained, stimulated and funded online. He said that there is also a possibility that terrorist organizations may have influenced some more people online. In future, they may try to attack some more targets in the same way. Hezbollah has also been carrying out similar attacks on Israel. According to the reports that have surfaced so far, accused Murtaza has been influenced by the speeches of banned religious preacher Zakir Naik. Apart from this, links of Murtaza with Islamic State are also being told.
Ahmed Mortaza is an IIT graduate
He said that recently there has been a lot of discussion in the country about the Hijab controversy and The Kashmir Files movie. In such a situation, there is also a possibility that Murtaza may have done such an attack by coming in reaction due to him. Significantly, the agencies are also surprised to know about the background of Ahmed Murtaza Abbasi. He is an IIT graduate. In such a situation, after studying from a reputed institute, it is surprising that he goes in the path of terror. It is believed that he was very active in online activities and through this means he may have come in contact with terrorist organizations.