Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has alleged that the Popular Front of India (PFI) has created an "ecosystem" in the state, in which terror modules based in Bangladesh and linked to the Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) are being "harvested". There have been a dozen arrests over the past few weeks alone, and a private madrasa has been demolished for being a hub of "jihadi" activity.