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South Asian Film Festival in Goa from Fri (June 27) to Mon (June 30)
At Kala Academy, and ESG, Panaji, Goa
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From: godfrey gonsalves
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Subject: MARGAO - SITUATION HEADING FOR
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Meanwhile it is still not clear the motve of the present incident though
many around Rumdamol Davorlim do
not agree that eve teasing as is reported in most of the local media is the
motive.
GODFREY J. I. GONSALVES,
Sir ,
Interesting post by you. A questions in reply to your question regarding the
motive - what is the motive for actions described in these news items?
nn
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1173687
NEW DELHI: Is a fringe Hindu fundamentalist group, or groups, behind at
least some of the bomb blasts across the country?
The security establishment is once again seriously probing this angle in the
wake of the arrest of several members of the Sanatan Sanstha and the Hindu
Janajagruti Samiti for crude bombs planted in Mumbai in recent days.
An official closely involved with anti-terror investigations all over India
says, "We are aware that some fringe Hindu groups want to carry out blasts,
but we still don't know their spread and expertise. As of now we believe
they don't have the training to make sophisticated explosives."
The official, and at least two others, told DNA that there are at least a
few blasts in recent years in which Hindu groups cannot be ruled out as
suspects.
For the past several years, some dependable intelligence sources have had a
nagging suspicion that such outfits were active underground. In April 2006,
a blast in Nanded gave evidence of their suspicions coming true. Two Hindu
fanatics were killed and four injured in the blast, which happened when they
were assembling bombs.
Over the past two years, more evidence came in. The bombs that were going
off at regular intervals all over India suddenly became locally assembled,
no more was RDX — a key ingredient of the bombs — smuggled from Pakistan.
"At least two of the blasts gave us further reason to believe that the Hindu
fringe elements are involved," says a senior intelligence hand, referring to
the blasts in Malegaon and Delhi's Jama Masjid in 2006.
But with no concrete evidence emerging and Nanded remaining an isolated
case, the security establishment had been back to focusing its energies on
Islamist groups such as Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islami (HUJI) and Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT).
The Central Bureau of Investigation has yet not been able to make any
credible breakthroughs in their investigations into the blast in a Malegaon
mosque in September 2006. "The local police had messed up, and now CBI is
stuck," says a source privy to the investigations. Similarly, there are no
publicly stated culprits behind the April 2006 blasts in the capital's
historic Jama Masjid. In both the cases, agencies suspected from the very
beginning that some fringe Hindu group could be behind it.
Investigations into the Nanded blast had given credible inputs to prove that
in April 2006, Hindu fanatics planted a bomb in a Parbhani mosque in which
at least 25 people were injured. The same people were involved in the Nanded
blasts.
In November 2007, as multiple bombs went off in the court premises of Uttar
Pradesh the majority pointed fingers at the Islamist groups. But a minority
in the security establishment was not convinced enough, given the errors in
the email warning sent out to media houses minutes before the blasts.
Someone well versed in Islam had not drafted the mail, and it was more
linked to the local politics of India than to the larger jehad goals, some
point out.
With the Maharashtra ATS now establishing the bomb making capabilities of
the fringe Hindu groups, intelligence analysts are beginning to take a
second look at the possibility of some of them having been involved in some
blasts of the recent past.
"As of now we believe that the Hindu groups do not have the capabilities to
make sophisticated bombs, which remains the forte of the Islamic groups. But
several of our recent inputs also show that we may have to study the Hindu
groups more carefully," says a senior official in the security
establishment.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Sevaks_planted__bomb_outside_mosque_last_Diwali/articleshow/3139291.cms
Sevaks planted bomb outside mosque last Diwali
MUMBAI: The sevaks of Hindu revivalist group Sanatan Sanstha, who were
arrested for allegedly being involved in some recent blasts , told the
police that they had planted a bomb outside a mosque/dargah on the Pen
highway last Diwali. They apparently wanted to check the intensity of the
bomb, but it did not explode.
The confession came on Tuesday after the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) arrested
two more sevaks, Santosh Angre (26) and Vikram Bhave (26), who reportedly
planted the bombs at the Bhave auditorium in Vashi and Thane's Gadkari
Rangayatan. Seven persons were injured in the Thane blast on June 4.
The police made a breakthrough by arresting Ramesh Hanumant Gadkari (50) and
Mangesh Nikam (34). The four accused have been sent to police custody till
June 24. While Gadkari stayed at Sanatan Ashram in Devat near Panvel, Nikam
belongs to Satara.
According to the accused, they had manufactured at least five bombs. While
three of them were planted in Panvel, Vashi and Thane, one was planted in a
dustbin at Pen but it did not go off. "Gadkari and Bhave said they had
planted a bomb outside a mosque or dargah on the Pen highway. Our teams are
verifying the claim,'' said investigating officer B B Rathor.
With this revelation, the ATS is now going through the records of those
arrested for the Jalana, Porna and Parbhani mosque blasts to find if there
is any connection between the two groups.
While an officer said the bombs were made at Bhave's house, an ATS team had
been camping at Sanatan Ashram, trying to get evidence.
Angre, who stayed at Sanatan's Ashram, was picked up from there and Bhave, a
resident of Pen near Ratnagiri, was arrested from Wadala where he was hiding
at his in-law's house.
"The accused had bought around eight timers, which were to be used in the
bombs. While five timers were used, the other three were thrown away near a
nullah in Panvel,'' said the officer.
Angre, a school dropout, was in the business of preparing and selling
ayurvedic medicines. He left home and stayed at the ashram. Two motorcycles
used by the accused and Ashram's logbook have been seized.
According to police, the accused did not regret their act. "We are proud of
what we did to deter those who were trying to show our gods and goddesses in
poor light,'' the accused told the investigators.
On Tuesday, Gadkari, an engineering diploma-holder, told the court, "The
police are putting pressure on my family and not considering my statement.
They want a statement according to their will.'' However, he did not
complain about any physical torture.
"This is an allegation,'' said ATS chief Hemant Karkare.
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