IM has Pakistan support: Shinde

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday said that the terrorist outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) is being encouraged and backed by harmful elements in in Pakistan. He also asked the security forces not to ignore leads gained from terrorist case probes.

Shinde was addressing the annual Directors General of Police Conference in the nation's capital. He said India faces multifarious challenges to its internal security in the form of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, insurgency in the northeast, the threat of Left-wing extremism and terrorism in the hinterland of the country.

"Indian Mujahideen, which draws its motivation and sustenance from inimical forces operating from across the western border has been responsible for three out of four major terror attacks in our hinterland this year," he said.

The home minister held IM responsible for the twin blasts in Hyderabad and also the serial blasts that took place in Bodhgaya of Patna in Bihar.

He also felt that security forces must be on their toes and behave in a cohesive manner to deal with these multifarious challenges.