The ministry of home affairs informed Parliament on Wednesday that Pakistan-based terror groups are training their cadres for underwater strike capabilities and exhorting them for ‘samundari jihad’ (seaborne jihad) so that they can infiltrate into India by sea or waterways to carry out attacks.The MHA reply in Parliament comes few days after intelligence bureau informed the police agencies and the government that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are imparting specialised underwater training to their cadres. The alert is being taken seriously particularly as the country is set to celebrate Republic Day