According to the Central Government estimates, around 40,000 Rohingyas may be living in India illegally. They have arrived in the country through porous India-Myanmar and India-Bangladesh borders in separate batches since 2012-13.
Depending on differing estimates of the Jammu and Kashmir government and the Centre, there could be 6,000 to 10,000 Rohingyas living in Jammu, where their presence has become the subject of hot debate.
Around October 2016, reports surfaced that a Rohingya terror group, known as Aqa Mul Mujahideen (AMM) was in touch with terrorist outfits active in Jammu and Kashmir including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
The Faith Movement was formed by Mecca-based Ata Ullah after 2012 riots between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists.
In 2013, Al-Qaeda was reported to be setting eyes on the northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Sri Lanka to expand its base.
