Archive for February 7, 2009
Jaipur Bomb Blasts - HC Seeks Explanation to Centre, State govt on Terrorist Threats
The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued show cause notices to the Centre and state government for allegedly not taking any action on the information available in relation to the May 13 serial bomb blasts here last year.
The show cause notices were issued on a PIL filed by an NGO named Rasthriya Samta Manch that is headed by Mahaveer Prasad Todi which had filed an FIR on May 2008, disclosing the terrorists’ intentions of executing serial bomb blasts in the capital.
To Whom, Notice have been Issued
A division bench, comprising Justices R C Gandhi and M N Bhandari, served the notices on the state and the central authorities and also to DGP Rajasthan, superintendent of police-Jaipur South, and station house officers of Shyam Nagar and Murlipura police stations of the city to file a reply seeking explanation on the same.
What is the Matter behind Notice ?
It was mentioned in the PIL that the NGO had got a CD in May 2008, containing a scanned letter of some terrorist outfits stating that they wanted certain terrorists to be released as also demanded Rs 50 crore ransom for keeping peace or else to face the consequences.
Later on May 12, two men and two women claiming themselves to be associates of a terrorist outfit moved in the office of the NGO and asked to return the CD.
According to NGO that they filed the FIR in this relation on May 12, but the police did not acted promptly on the information of the NGO and this resulted in the May 13 bomb blasts.
It was further stated in the petition that recently on December 5, the NGO again received a threat letter written in Tamil posted from Perambadur, Chennai. The letter, written by one Abdul Kayyum Rangrez, secretary of Forum of Active Terrorist Organizations of India comprising of 11 terrorist outfits named in the letter, had threatened of fresh terrorist attacks using suicide bombers.
The letter also said that all the terrorists active in country were asked to kill Mahaveer Prasad Todi, chairman of the NGO through a suicide bomber.
About Jaipur Bomb Blast
The 13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings were a series of nine synchronized bomb blasts that took place within a span of fifteen minutes at various locations in Jaipur, the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, and a popular tourist destination.
The following areas were bombed using RDX placed in bicycles in Jaipur are:
- Badi Choupar
- Manak Chowk
- Johari Bazar
- Tripolia Bazar
- Choti Choupar
According to reports 63 dead with 216 or more people got injured in that Jaipur Blast.
