The Guardian reports: An Islamic extremist group suspected of having links to al-Qaida has released a video within 24 hours of India’s recent election result, calling for militant organisations across the Middle East and south Asia to attack India and Indian interests overseas.

The video – issued by a little known group calling itself the Ansar-ut-Tawheed fi Bilaad Hind (Brotherhood for Monotheism in the land of Hind) – refers repeatedly to the events in Gujarat in 2002. The group is thought by officials to be based in the restive semi-autonomous border zone of western Pakistan and possibly to have connections to al-Qaida’s senior leadership and local Pakistani militants.

“In 2002, Muslims were massacred under a planned conspiracy in Gujarat,” the video says, before describing alleged atrocities and accusing the Indian state of persecuting Muslims.

“O lions of faith, target the oppressive and infidel Indian government’s financial centres and economic interests within India and those located around the world, until Indian government reaches the brink of destruction,” says the speaker, who calls himself Abdur Rehman al Hindi (the Indian).