Bhopal, March 09:: The Hindu fundamentalist organization Bajrang Dal has claimed the responsibility of the blasts in the two coaches of the Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express (the train between India and Pakistan) on February 19 that killed about 67 Persons.
This sensational revelation has been made in the threat letter, received at Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind headquarters in New Delhi as well as at its Mumbai office, wherein Bajrang Dal has claimed that the blast that ripped two coaches of the train was carried out by it.
The said letter is unsigned, typewritten in Marathi, and even the address on the envelop is typewritten. The letter wondered whether the Jamiat people had forgotten the blasts carried out in the country earlier.
"We had warned you against being pretty wise and holding large conferences. But you people didn't pay heed to our warning and held a large gathering at Malegaon on February 17, 18 and 19. We would have exploded the bombs therebut the explosives were seized in Mumbai," the threat letter reads.
"We will establish Hindu Rashtra here anyhow. No one can harm us. You people will be detained," it adds.
Addressing the Jamiat people as "Fools," the letter threatened Jamiat's general secretary and Rashtriya Lok Dal MP from Dehradun Maulana Mahmood Madani of dire consequences if he continued to support the backward classes.
The Jamiat's secretary-cum-spokesperson Maulana Abdul Hameed Noamani has confirmed the receipt of the threat letter typewritten in Marathi at both its headquarters and its office in Mumbai.
Talking to this Correspondent over phone Maulana Noamani said: "Our organization helped the victims after the bomb blasts in Samjhauta Express; that could be the reason behind the threat," he opined.
Maulana Noamani informed that Maulana Madani has formally complained to the Delhi Police that he has received a threat letter from Bajrang Dal. A copy of the complaint has been given to Commissioner of Police Dr KK Paul while another copy of the same has been sent to the SSP, Dehradun. Police sources have confirmed that a case has been registered at the IP Estate police station and further investigations are on.
"We are trying to find the origin of the letter," a police officer reportedly said. According to Maulana Madani when he was on his way back to Delhi from Dehradun (Uttarakhand) by Masauri Express on February 19, he had received a call from 9144401 on his mobile at 9:15 p.m. threatening to teach him a lessen if he continued to attend meetings and conferences. On reaching Delhi he filed a written complaint in IP Estate police station on February 20 and lodged an F.I.R. there on February 26, he revealed. The Maulana asserted that he was not afraid of such threats. He, however, moaned that the police has failed to trace the caller as yet.
"No power can stop us from striving for the rights of the oppressed, weak and deprived sections. In a democracy every person has every right to fight for his rights and any attempt to suppress it will be a mockery of law, and we will never let it happen," he maintained. Meanwhile, it may be mentioned here that the large gathering or congregation at Malegaon on February 17, 18 and 19 was organized by Tablighi Jamaat and Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind had nothing to do with it.
Malegaon%u2019s District Collector, Municipal Commissioner and those IPS and IAS officers who had discharged the responsibilities of security around the Ijtima along with other government officials, who were in charge of civic administration duties during the Ijtima, were felicitated at get-together at the Ijtima venue by the organizers of the Ijtima and dignitaries of Malegaon after it was over.
Malegaon region%u2019s Inspector General of Police, TK Jain speaking at the get-together reportedly had said: %u201CWe witnessed for the first time how lakhs of people attended the Ijtima gatherings and there never was any threat to peace and security during the three-day gathering".
He expressed his marvel and said, %u201CWhatever we may say in praise of the great discipline, it will remain only an understatement.%u201D Congratulating the participant of the Ijtima, Jain had said he had been here continuously for the last three days, and what they had witnessed is to be appreciated.
He wished his own department had such civilized and disciplined personnel. He asked the organizers to help his department recruit candidates for police force from among their group.
