New Delhi: The Islamic State has been evolving its strategy and has now moved on from lone wolf attacks to attempting to poison the water at many places in India.

These revelations came to light after the police in Gujarat foiled a major Islamic State-inspired plot that involved the use of ricin, which is a highly toxic compound that is derived from castor seeds.

Ricin, recognised as a potent naturally occurring toxin, is classified as a Category B bioterrorism agent and also a Schedule 1 controlled substance under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

The Gujarat Police have arrested Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Syed, an MBBS graduate who studied in China before taking up a job in Gujarat. The police said that he, along with Mohd Suhel and Azad Suleman Saifi from Uttar Pradesh, had planned to extrac

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