India, April 7 -- In an intense counter-terror operation spanning multiple States, the Andhra Pradesh Police have dismantled a sophisticated terrorist module with direct links to ISIS, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and foreign handlers operating from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Bangladesh and the UAE.

The network was not only radicalising Indian youth through online propaganda featuring figures like Osama bin Laden and Zakir Naik but was also actively recruiting women into a separate 'Khawateen' (women's) wing, sharing bomb-making manuals, and preparing recruits for terror training abroad with an ultimate aim of establishing an Islamic State in India.

The breakthrough came after the Andhra Pradesh Police's Counter-Intelli...