Hindutva activists behind 16 terror blasts in the country?

Submitted by admin4 on 21 September 2011 - 2:13pm Indian Muslim By TCN Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Are Hindutva groups or activists behind 16, not just 4, terror blasts in the country? Reports say that Hindutva activists have either been suspected or are under investigation in 16 incidents of bomb blasts in the country. So far , their role has been established in four major blasts Samjhauta Express (February 18, 2007), Mecca Masjid (May 18, 2007), Ajmer Dargah (October 11, 2007)and Male gaon (September 29, 2008). At the recent Annual Conference of DGPs (Director General of Police) held in New Delhi on 16th September 2011, a special director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB ) reportedly informed the state police chiefs that the Hindutva activists have e ither been suspected or are under investigation in 16 incidents of bomb blasts i n the country.

Mecca Masjid blast [Photo Courtesy: AFP] The face of saffron terror has been exposed in four terror bombings so far but t he IB officer has revealed that the saffron terror could be behind many more bla sts. However, the IB official did not specify the 12 other cases in which the in vestigating agencies suspected or probed the role of saffron extremists. The saffron terror first came to light with the arrest of Sangh Parivar activist Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Col. Shrikant Purohit in connection with the Sep tember 29, 2008 blast at Malegaon in Maharashtra, which killed seven people. The Maharashtra Police on January 19, 2009 filed a charge sheet against Thakur and Purohit and some others for their role in the Malegaon blast. In further investigation, the role of saffron groups was established in Samjhaut a Express, Mecca Masjid and Ajmer Dargah blasts. RSS pracharak Swami Aseemanand had confessed the role saffron groups in these blasts. Aseemanand was arrested f rom Haridwar in November 2010. After the spate of terror bombings in 2007, the country witnessed serial bomb bl asts in three cities Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Delhi in 2008. Like in the 2007 blasts, uslim youths have been picked in hundreds for the 2008 bombings also. However, t he trial in the 2008 bombings has not yet started. Like in the cases of 2007, fa mily members of Muslim youths picked for 2008 bombings claim innocent. However, investigating agencies have blamed terror group Indian Mujahideen for these bomb ings.

Malegaon blast [Photo Courtesy: outlookindia.com] At the same DGPs conference, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh expressed concern on the perception about bias of the law enforcement and investigation agencies a gainst the minorities. He said the existence of such a perception is inimical to effective policing. Another issue which also figured at the recent meeting of the National Integration Council was the perceived bias sometimes of the law enforcement and investigatio n agencies against the minorities. The existence of such a perception is inimica

l to effective policing, which must necessarily draw upon the confidence and coo peration of all sections of the population it serves. I would like you to consid er ways and means to deal with the causes of such perceptions wherever they may exist, the PM said. Share