<p>The country's elite counter-terror force NSG today said global terror outfits like ISIS and al-Qaeda joining hands to launch and perpetrate a "multi-city multiple attack" on India "is more than a possibility".<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Director General (DG) of the 'black cat' commandos force J N Choudhury said "it is more than a possibility" now that these terror groups may find "allies" in similar organisations like Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Toiba which already have a presence and activity in India.<br /><br />"Now that they (international terror outfits like al-Qaeda) have declared their intention of attacking India, they will obviously align with known groups that we have (active in the country). Whether it is Laskhar (Lashkar-e-Toiba), Jaish (Jaish-e-Mohammad), Harkat (Harkat-ul-Mujahideen) or IM (Indian Mujahideen).<br /><br />"So the apprehension we have is that if they do have a combined kind of strategy or combined operations, we have to prepared and be alert if a combined (terrorist) group takes action. Then there is a threat and possibility of a multi-city multiple attack. That is what we are preparing for and hence we are also working with anti-terroriost forces and state police forces (in this context)," the National Security Guard DG told reporters here.<br /><br />He was speaking on the occasion of the 30th Raising Day of the force that was set up in 1984 for special combat tasks.<br /><br />Choudhury said he remembers from his earlier stint in the Intelligence Bureau that al-Qaeda operatives had done a "reconnisance of Goa, Bangalore and Amritsar" about a decade ago.<br /><br />"This (recce of vulnerable spots in India) is not a new thing for al-Qaeda," the NSG chief said adding they looked at Goa as it was visited by a number of foreign and domestic tourists.</p>
<p>The country's elite counter-terror force NSG today said global terror outfits like ISIS and al-Qaeda joining hands to launch and perpetrate a "multi-city multiple attack" on India "is more than a possibility".<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Director General (DG) of the 'black cat' commandos force J N Choudhury said "it is more than a possibility" now that these terror groups may find "allies" in similar organisations like Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Toiba which already have a presence and activity in India.<br /><br />"Now that they (international terror outfits like al-Qaeda) have declared their intention of attacking India, they will obviously align with known groups that we have (active in the country). Whether it is Laskhar (Lashkar-e-Toiba), Jaish (Jaish-e-Mohammad), Harkat (Harkat-ul-Mujahideen) or IM (Indian Mujahideen).<br /><br />"So the apprehension we have is that if they do have a combined kind of strategy or combined operations, we have to prepared and be alert if a combined (terrorist) group takes action. Then there is a threat and possibility of a multi-city multiple attack. That is what we are preparing for and hence we are also working with anti-terroriost forces and state police forces (in this context)," the National Security Guard DG told reporters here.<br /><br />He was speaking on the occasion of the 30th Raising Day of the force that was set up in 1984 for special combat tasks.<br /><br />Choudhury said he remembers from his earlier stint in the Intelligence Bureau that al-Qaeda operatives had done a "reconnisance of Goa, Bangalore and Amritsar" about a decade ago.<br /><br />"This (recce of vulnerable spots in India) is not a new thing for al-Qaeda," the NSG chief said adding they looked at Goa as it was visited by a number of foreign and domestic tourists.</p>