Suspected Indian Mujahideen man arrested over Bodhgaya blasts
A suspected Indian Mujahideen member, who was arrested yesterday from the Nadia district in West Bengal, will be questioned over whether he had any role to play in the multiple blasts that rocked the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar’s Bodhgaya yesterday morning.
Anwar Hussain Mallik was arrested yesterday with Rs. 1.9 lakh fake currency. He had allegedly supplied explosives for the 2010 Pune German Bakery blasts which killed 17 people. He was produced in court and remanded to 14 days police custody.
Meanwhile, the RJD and the Bihar BJP have called a bandh in the Magadh division of the state to protest against the Nitish Kumar government’s “failure” to prevent the terror attack in Bodhgaya despite prior information from intelligence agencies.
In October, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police had sent an intelligence input to Bihar’s Director General of Police (DGP) and the Superintendent of Police in Gaya district about a possible strike on the Mahabodhi temple by Indian Mujahideen.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing the blast. An NIA team reached Bodhgaya on Sunday evening. The National Security Guard too will investigate the blasts.
The first blast took place inside the temple at 5:30 am, followed by seven successive explosions in the next half hour. While four of the blasts, which were reportedly set off by timers, took place inside the temple, the others exploded at a monastery nearby. Another two live bombs were reportedly found near the temple, and defused. Two people were injured in the blasts.
Reports say all blasts were of low-intensity and there has been no damage to the temple shrine. “The holy bodhi tree is safe and there is no damage to it,” Bihar police chief Abhayanand told AFP while confirming the blasts and injuries.
Experts say the damage was limited because it is a lean tourist season and there were not too many people inside the temple during that time. The two injured, reportedly a Buddhist monk from Myanmar and a pilgrim, were rushed to a hospital.
The Home Ministry has said the blasts were a “terror attack.” Sources said all states have been put on high alert; special alert has been issued for states with Buddhist population. Reports say security has been beefed up in and around other religious sites of the district.
The security of the temple was handled by the Special Task Force of the Bihar Police. However, sources said the police only guarded the perimeter of the temple’s complex. The temple’s trust was in charge of the security inside the compound.
A review of the security in and around the temple was done only earlier this week. A mock drill was also carried out at the temple by the district administration in the last week of June. (NDTV)
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This atrocity is the work of Indian Islamist terrorists in support of Muslims in Myanmar who have clashed with Myanmar Buddhists. Muslims in Myanmar had been transported from Bangladesh originally by the British raj to serve in their plantations, in the way Indian Tamils were transported by the British to SL to work in British plantations. In both instances it is the British devil who caused these present day crises in SL and Myanmar. Both countries have Buddhist majorities. The ugly face of Islamic terrorism will be seen in both countries against Buddhism. In India, it is Islamists against Hinduism. Fundamental Islam is the problem around the world in their fanatical drive to convert the whole world to Islam and destroy all other religions. I hope the GOSL secure SL against this new threat from fundamental Islamists.
Dear Mr Amarasekera,
The ugly face of Buddhist terrorism is rampant in our emerald isle with Muslim enterprises being targeted on a daily basis.
Dear Mr Nicholas Dias Abeyesinghe, Cer.Ed.,DRTE.,MIMI,
Sorry I addressed you incorrectly in Blog 2. Apologies.
The ugly face of Muslim terrorism started way too long ago, but Mr. Thomas Kuricose was fast asleep during all that time, without a word uttered against such Muslim extremist terrorism everywhere in the world.
Nice to see you are awake all of a sudden. But you cannot cheat the world for ever.
Manjula,
Mr Kuriacose was not asleep all that time but now, he is indeed fast asleep, safely.
Dear Mr Kuriacose,
I suppose you are a Catholic like me. I am not against any religion. I like Islam and its call to lead a virtuous life. Christianity and Buddhism also advocate their faithful to lead a virtuous life harming no one, not even an animal.
It is the extremists who break universal moral law by needless massacres, as happened in India a few times, Muslims v. Hindus. Both sides try to justify their evil actions.
In SL, other religions feel threatened by Islamists/Jihadists, who want to impose their religion and practices on others through threats and violence. For instance, they want to impose their barbaric Sharia Law in SL on Muslims as well as non-Muslims, eventually. They started by imposing that halal meat be sold in all shops and bought by all. This is just the beginning. It is quite right that concerned Buddhists formed an action group called Bodu Bala Sena to resists such injunctions of Muslim fundamentalists. BBS is not taking up arms to fight Islamists as the Hindus in India did. BBS resorts to public discussions to oppose the actions of Islamists to impose their will on non-Muslims. This is quite reasonable. By such discussions Islamists can be made to understand that they have to respect the rights of non- Muslims and not try to impose their religious practices on the non Muslims.
Has it proofed that it has been done by Muslims? For your information the Hindu boy name Vinodh has been also arrested by CBI. But they have released all of them. Now they are investigating it can be an inside job by a monk. In India the Buddhist population is very few where Load Buddha lived.
The Muslim can have any name. It is not mandatory to have Arabic names. Same like the non-Muslim can have Arabic name doesn’t matter.
The terrorism has not started by Muslims. and Guys you should know the history of the world. For example, Taliban has been created by CIA, Same like Al-Qaida. Today the BBS was created by western influence too. Same like 969 in Myanmar.
There is no terrorism in Sri Lanka by Muslims. Jihad means not a terrorism……You should read the old oxford dictionary and understand it, because in the new Dictionary the meaning has been changed. the Arabic word Jihad is not terrorism.
Many things are happening in the world by the name of Islam. But the racist cunt like you never understand it.
Buddhism is not a religion it’s a Philosophy of the Great Load Buddha. Today followers of him just insulting his teachings. I ashamed on you guys.