NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju , in a TV interview, has stated that banned terror group ISIS may carry out terror strikes anywhere in the country using a single terrorist also known as ‘lone wolf’ to create a mayhem.

The minister also said that certain steps have been taken to prevent such nefarious designs.

“Challenges are there. We have to accept that it is a reality. The threat is there,” Rijiju said.

Rijiju was replying to a question on the possibility of an ISIS ‘lone wolf’ carrying out a terror attack in India on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

When asked whether Muslims from the southern states were attracted more to the ISIS ideology, Rijiju said that "we should not look at ISIS issue from regional angle but pan India".

Rijiju said the government has been successful in enhancing security apparatus after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

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Asked how the government is prepared to face the challenge of ISIS, the minister said: “Anything that threatens the security of the country is taken seriously and the home ministry’s mandate is to provide security to the people and the country.”

Asked about the incidents of the hoisting of the ISIS flag in Jammu and Kashmir, the minister said these were isolated cases and not spread across the state or the country.

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