The Mumbai Police Special Branch(SB)— I has issued a circular, alerting the city’s police force about the possibility of highly-trained women militants posing a threat to the city.

The group, identified in the circular as Girls’ Islamic Organisation (GIO), is a part of the 65-year-old Jamaat-e -Islami Hind and is said to be currently undergoing training in Kerala. “The group is being instructed mostly in the Quran and Hadis under their commanders,” the notice states, adding that the main purpose of the organisation is to tap extremist elements in schools and colleges in India.