The National Commission for Minorities has passed a resolution expressing shock and deep pain on the assault in the holy places in Bodh Gaya.
The National Commission for Minorities in a resolution passed its chairman Wajahat Habibullah and the four other members Vinod Sharma, K.N. Daruwalla, Dr. Ajaib Singh and T.N. Shanoo here today said that Bodh Gaya is not only revered among the Buddhists in India, but across the world.
The National Commission for Minorities in its resolution said that Bodh Gaya 'was among the most sacred sites for all Indians, whatever their denomination'.
"It is from this location that sprang the Lord Buddha's message of karuna, a mainstay of India's civilisation throughout the centuries through the teachings of Lord Mahavira Vardhaman, St Thomas the Apostle, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliyah and Guru Nanak Devji, and revivified in our times by the Father of the Nation in his message of Ahimsa," the resolution says.
The National Commission for Minorities, therefore, stands with the nation in expressing its deep sympathies particularly to the Buddhist community, and to the citizens of Bihar, but also appeal to those in authority to ensure that those responsible for this sacrilege are brought to account under the full authority of the Constitution and the law, in the shortest possible time.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde earlier in the day said that his Ministry took prompt action and sent National Investigation Agency (NIA) and National Security Guard (NSG) teams to Bodh Gaya immediately after the multiple blasts.
Shinde, however, refused to reveal more details about the incident, and said that the probe is underway. The NIA has begun probing the serial blasts, which rocked the temple town of Bodh Gaya yesterday.
Two monks were injured in the nine low intensity blasts.Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami yesterday termed the blasts as a terror attack. Security agencies suspect that Indian Mujahideen may be behind yesterday's multiple blasts.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blasts.The Home Ministry has directed all states to ensure foolproof security at Buddhist shrines and Tibetan settlements.
Bihar Police has detained one person from Gaya for questioning in connection with the serial blasts.
