India Tuesday stressed that terror groups active in the country have linkages with groups in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.Speaking in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) here today, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said groups including Lashker-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, Hizbul Mujahideen and Al-Badr have international networks. "Indian security and intelligence agencies are monitoring the activities of such groups and networks and relevant information and inputs in this regard are regularly shared with the various state governments," Patil said.
"Vigilance is being maintained on the countrys borders to prevent infiltration of terror elements into India," Patil said, adding, "Border fencing or floodlighting and coastal security are being strengthened".
"Globally, bilateral and multilateral cooperation are continuing to check and counter terrorism and several institutional mechanisms have been developed towards this end," the Home Minister said.
Meanwhile Indias Minister of State for Home Affairs Prakash Jaiswal told the Lok Sabha today that the government has credible inputs about terror threats to religious places in the country. "The complete details about such threats cannot be divulged in public interest," Jaiswal said.