Stressing the need to fight the ideology of terror, NSA Ajit Doval said, “To fight terror is an abstract idea. You don't fight terror. You do so by degrading terrorists and that is done by taking his weapon, their concept," said NSA Doval. NIA DG Yogesh Chander Modi has said that the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has increased its activities in Bihar, Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka.