"The sheer number of cases and recruitment attempts that have come to light in less than two years clearly show the level of threat we are facing. A few hundred are prepared to travel to Iraq and Syria, where the extremists control large swathes of territory. But Kalyan engineering student Areeb Majeed's arrest that year prompted authorities to seriously consider the threat from Daesh. "The Parbhani cell busted by the Maharashtra ATS had also planned to carry out attacks in the country. Another group was caught at Nagpur.Some were trying to catch a flight to Srinagar and enter Pak-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.

Source: Times of India August 22, 2016 07:07 UTC