Every time a bomb goes off in some part of India, the needle of suspicion invariably turns to a “Muslim outfit’s terror network” (stressing on the Muslim part of the terror network) which, interestingly, always has a link with the Intelligence agency of Pakistan, whether it is the historical event of attack on the Indian parliament or the blast in Samjhuta Express or the Godhra train incident. But the truth behind this home-grown terror storm is actually revealed with the arrest of a serving Lt. Colonel and a retired Major in connection with Malegaon and Modasa blast. The Mumbai police and central security agencies are probing the role of some more members of the armed forces, including another high-ranking official, for funding the incident.
The Maharashtra police are said to have cracked the September 29 bomb blasts in Malegaon and Modasa town in neighbouring Gujarat saying these were allegedly carried out by the Hindu Jagran Manch, an Indore-based Hindu extremist group known to have links to the BJP’s student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) whereas, Interestingly, The BJP had condemned both the blasts... now that’s called real diplomacy!
Police say Lt-Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit of Army Education Corps is accused of providing logistical support for Hindu militants to make bombs. Purohit was working with the Army Liaison Cell, a front of Military Intelligence, and was learning Chinese and Arabic in Panchmari in Madhya Pradesh. At least nine other people - including a retired army major, Ramesh Upadhyay - have already been detained in the case.
The Maharashtra police are said to have cracked the September 29 bomb blasts in Malegaon and Modasa town in neighbouring Gujarat saying these were allegedly carried out by the Hindu Jagran Manch, an Indore-based Hindu extremist group known to have links to the BJP’s student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) whereas, Interestingly, The BJP had condemned both the blasts... now that’s called real diplomacy!
Police say Lt-Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit of Army Education Corps is accused of providing logistical support for Hindu militants to make bombs. Purohit was working with the Army Liaison Cell, a front of Military Intelligence, and was learning Chinese and Arabic in Panchmari in Madhya Pradesh. At least nine other people - including a retired army major, Ramesh Upadhyay - have already been detained in the case.
Both bombs were placed on motorcycles parked in crowded areas days before Eid and set off after Muslims had broken their Ramzan fast on a Monday evening. Investigators (as usual) initially suspected Islamist groups such as SIMI or the Indian Mujahideen to be behind the near-simultaneous attacks, ignoring the fact that most of the population in Malegaon is Muslim.
So far, Anti-Terrorist Squad have arrested three persons including a ’sadhvi’ (Pragnya Singh ) in connection with the blast. Pragnya is a ’sadhvi’ who had taken ’sanyas’ (leaving the world for god) in 2007. The motorcycle that was used in the bomb blast, guised with an Islamic sticker, also belonged to Pragna.
Few months earlier, two members of a Hindu organization were found involved in making of low-intensity bombs, but involvement of a woman in the bomb blasts is the most shocking development. It is the new face of the Hindu terror where women are being utilized as a shield by these fanatics. Pragnya is a former member of Durga Vahini, the women wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
VHP along with some other Hindu organizations always try to project themselves as ‘patriotic’ groups but always remain in search of appropriate time to target the minority communities probably to prove their religious patriotism.
Interestingly, Sources said it was believed that some of the money from the funds, meant for operational purposes of Military Intelligence, had been allegedly siphoned off by Purohit for setting up the Abhinav Bharat, a little known saffron group, how convenient…!
Now this is called Intelligence with a Big capital “I” … where no body knew so far from where the funds are coming and where they are going.. and yet they have a courage to blame all their ills on Pakistan... Bravo!!
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