New Delhi

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday said that its officers have detained an ISIS terrorist, who was planning to launch a suicide attack against India’s top leaders, Russian news agency Sputnik reported.

"Russia's FSB identified and detained a member of the Islamic State international terrorist organization banned in Russia, a native of a country in the Central Asian region, who planned to commit a terrorist act by blowing himself up against one of the representatives of the ruling circles of India," the authority said in a statement.

The detained was recruited by ISIS as a suicide bomber in Turkey, the statement said.

This story is still developing and more information is awaited in this regard.

ISIS and its affiliates have been notified as Terrorist organizations and included in the First Schedule to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

According to the Union Home Ministry, ISIS is using various internet-based social media platforms to propagate its ideology. Cyberspace is being closely watched in this regard by the agencies concerned and action is taken as per law.