Sheela Bhat writes "The surprise element was missing when Ahmedabad was rocked by 17 bomb explosions because at the back of people's mind many knew that the Gujarat riots of 2002 may lead to such a violent reaction" How did she conclude that this related to 2002 riots ? Even if it is so, it cannot be justified in any court of law for committing a dastardly crime as this one.
Instead of condemning the terrorists who committed the act, she seems to more interested in finding or perhaps in creating a link between this incidence and 2002 riots.
