The Indian Mujahideen, the terrorist group that claimed to have executed Saturday’s serial blasts in the capital, is apparently seeking revenge against the perceived ‘injustices’ on Muslims across India — demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992 and the Gujarat riots of 2002.
The 13-page e-mail message, sent precisely when the second of the five bombs was about to go off at Connaught Place, is entitled “Eye for eye: The dust will never settle down’’, opens with the image of a Muslim youth seeking mercy from a Hindu crowd during the Gujarat riots juxtaposed with that of an elderly Hindu in the same posture, probably taken during one of the recent blasts.
Seeking inspiration from the Allah and the Quranic verses, this group, which is believed to be headed by Subhan alias Tauqir, a former Wipro employee, also refers to “killings of Muslim brethren in Kashmir” during the recent Amarnath land crisis and the “atrocities” unleashed on the “innocent” Muslims in the aftermath of recent blasts in Gujarat.
The message accuses the Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh police of arresting “innocent” Muslims for recent blasts and falsely implicating them.
Daring the intelligence agencies and the investigators to track them down, the Indian Mujahideen pats itself for “inflicting the bitterest defeats’’ on Indian security agencies in Surat and Ahmedabad.
In an upbeat mood, it declares: “We are about to devastate your very first metropolitan centre; your most strategic Hindutva hub and your green zone — your own capital.’’
“We are going to stop the heart of India from beating,’’ it adds, giving details of the blasts which were yet to happen by then.
The outfit has taken potshots at the government’s cyber experts for “being unable to crack their way of using internet”. The intelligence agencies have been claiming that the Indian Mujahideen had been using the Wi-Fi system of companies to send the e-mails.
The writer of the mail apparently nurses a deep grudge against the English newspapers in the country for “highlighting the Islamic terror”, while ignoring the “bomb making” by the VHP and other Hindutva forces. It delves into a long analysis to drive home a point that biased reporting deepens the sense of injustice to a minority community.
Boasting of an unlimited “stockpile” of arms and ammunition and cadres, the group has reminded the police that “no state is beyond their reach”.
It names the chiefs ministers of Gujarat and Maharashtra and some police officers as targets of its ire.
The Indian Mujahideen has attacked the Congress for flirting with the sentiments of Muslims by chanting the “secular’’ cause but actually helping the demolition of the Babri mosque. “This particular strategy of the Congress is responsible for the plight of Muslims,” it says.
