New Pattern Of Urban Terror: 

New Pattern Of Urban Terror: 

Context:

• After the sniper attack, which recently took a heavy toll of innocent lives in Las Vegas, India too must prepare for a changing security threat and challenge.

What is lone-wolf attack or terrorism?

• A lone wolf, lone-wolf terrorist, or lone actor, is someone who prepares and commits violent acts alone, outside of any command structure and without material assistance from any group.
• He or she may be influenced or motivated by the ideology and beliefs of an external group and may act in support of such a group.

What are the measures in India to control Lone Wolf Attack?

• India is not as vulnerable as some of the countries that have faced this threat in the recent past. Some of its major measures taken are as follows:
• In 2015, Intelligence bureau started Operation Chakravyuh to monitor the internet for the activities of the youth who are in touch with Islamic State operatives or viewing the material posted.
• The National Security Guard (NSG) was set up in 1984 as a Federal Contingency Deployment Force to tackle all facets of terrorism in the country.
• The NSG is trained to conduct counter terrorist task to including counter hijacking tasks on land, sea, and air; Bomb disposal (search, detection and neutralization of IEDs); PBI (Post Blast Investigation) and Hostage Rescue missions.

What are the further measures to be taken in India to control Lone Wolf Attack?

• Following are the further steps to be taken in order to be more vigilant about Lone wolf attacks in India:

1.   The approach must follow the sequence of awareness of the contagion, detection of potential and existing recruits and finally remedial action.
2.   There is a need to focus attention on potential target groups through monitoring and infiltration of social media sites that are the principle source of radical propaganda.
3.   Big data analytics must be used to discern the level of radicalisation of potential recruits, their networks and sources of information, funding and leadership in order to help unravel the roots of radicalisation.
4.   Raising the strength of our police stations and posts in cities needs to be stepped up.
5.   Communication to the nation about the need to understand security threats has to be carried out.