The United Kingdom has banned Indian Mujahideen, IM, citing the indiscriminate mass casualty attacks carried out by the LeT-linked terror group in India and the threat it posed to British nationals in the country. British MPs voted unanimously last night to ban IM, placing it on the list of 47 organisations that have been banned from functioning in the UK.

Setting out the reasons for proscribing IM under the Terrorism Act 2000, Home Office Minister James Brokenshire told the House of Commons that the decision was taken after thoroughly reviewing all the available information and evidence about the India-based terror group. The Minister noted that IM was also banned in other countries, including the United States and New Zealand.

India had banned IM in June 2010 after it was suspected of involvement in the attack on a Pune bakery.