Delhi HC Blast: HuJI or IM, Who Did it?

Within 48 hours of a high intensity bomb blast that killed 13 people so far and left more than 70 injured at the Delhi High Court, investigators received yet another e-mail allegedly from banned terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM). This is a second e-mail since Wednesday which was sent by a terrorist organisation claiming responsibility for the attack.

Hours after the blast on Wednesday, an e-mail claiming responsibility for the terrorist attack was allegedly sent by members of the banned Harkat-ul Jihad Islami (HuJI). "HuJI was not responsible for the blast, it was carried out by the Indian Mujahideen. We had made plans to target Delhi High Court for long and we decided to do it on Wednesday because it is the busiest day at the Delhi High Court," claims the e-mail said to be sent by Indian Mujahideen (IM) on Thursday. "We will again carry out an attack on Tuesday outside a shopping complex. Stop it if you can," it further stated.

The email allegedly sent by 'Chotu' who claims to be a member of the Indian Mujahideen and used a Gmail address. "We are taking this second e-mail very seriously and investigations are going on," said Indian Internal Security Secretary UK Bansal. The home ministry has already approached Google to help track down the e-mail. Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is spearheading the blast probe, announced a reward of INR500,000 (PKR 948,000) to anyone who provides information about the terrorists involved in the blast. NIA chief SC Sinha also met Delhi Police commissioner BK Gupta and members of the special cell (anti-terrorist unit) to discuss the ongoing probe. Apart from tracking organisations like HuJI and IM, intelligence agencies are also tracking members of the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) and Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), suspecting their involvement in the blast.
 

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.