Bharat Rakshak

we condemn this terrorist attack whole heartedly
it is difficult to say who the miscreants are
we will give muhtod reply ASAP

By Ben Farmer, Kabul
Sep 2011
The bomb detonated at a crowded public gate at around 10am as the court was open for morning session.

Television pictures showed lawyers in black coats running from the building in the heart of India’s capital.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which was close to the parliament and prime minister’s office.

UK Bansal, special home ministry secretary, said the blast was caused by a suspected bomb inside a briefcase.

Kriti Uppal, a witness, said: "There was a bomb blast where you enter the court... there was panic everywhere. Now we are on the way to the hospital,
"It seems to be very powerful (blast). Seems to be many casualties."

The same court was hit by a small explosion in May, causing panic, but no injuries.

The most recent deadly bomb attacks in India were near-simultaneous triple blasts in India's financial capital, Mumbai, in July.

Police have yet to identify those behind those attacks, which killed 24. Suspicion fell on an extremist network known as the Indian Mujahedeen, though no one has been arrested.

The blast in the heart of the capital will renew concern about the authorities' ability to prevent attacks, particularly in sensitive, high-risk areas.

The blast outside the court, seen as a high profile but soft target, comes at a time when the judiciary is in sharp focus for nudging the government to act on issues ranging from corruption to the environment.

Ruling Congress party politicians have over the past year attacked the Supreme Court for overstepping its authority and intervening in executive functions. The Supreme Court is the highest court in India. The High Court is the court of appeal at state or provincial level.

"So an attack on such a target will bring you the maximum mileage," said independent strategic analyst Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta. "Also, notice that this comes just days before 9/11, so the government should have expected something like this."

Several bomb attacks in large Indian cities in recent years have been tied to the Indian Mujahideen, said to have support from Pakistan-based militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir.

In May, a low-intensity blast outside the same court triggered panic but injured no one.

Pakistan-based militants attacked Mumbai in coordinated assaults that killed 166 people in 2008, raising tensions with nuclear-armed arch rival Pakistan.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his government came under intense criticism over the handling of those attacks. The government promised a radical overhaul of the security apparatus in India but critics say the reforms have been inadequate and in some cases abandoned.

"This is a glaring example of the shortage of intelligence, both human and technical - something if we had we could have prevented these attacks," said Ajai Sahni, executive director at the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi.

PM says: Political parties should come together and must not be intimidated by the scrouge of terrorism. It's as yet to early to say who is responsible for the blast.

Philip wrote:One lawyer on telly said that about 30 have been killed.

So much for "peace talks" with Pak which are nothing but "p*ss talks".MMS and PC should resign if they have any honour left in them.One waits to see what kind of spin PC puts on this outrage now.

jagga wrote:From rediff live:-

14:32 PM Del blast: HuJI wants Afzal hanging repealed : The NIA chief says a 20-member team has been formed to handle the blast probe and that HuJI's claim that they were behind the blast will be taken seriously since it's a lethal group.

14:28 PM NIA chief: HuJI claims responsibility for blast:
SC Sinha NIA chief says the mail sent to a few media offices allegedly sent by the terror group Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami is being being looked at. The mail says the HuJI claims responsibility for the attacks. He says it be taken seriously since the HuJI was involved in the Mumbai blasts. The HuJI mail was sent from harkatuljihadi2011@gmail.
Rediff.com's Toral Varia tells us what the mail says: We owe the responsibility of today's blasts at high court Delhi. Our demand is that Afzal Guru's death sentence should be repealed immediately else we would target major high courts and the Supreme Court of India.

jagga wrote:Delhi high court blast cowardly act: PM

SSridhar wrote:Expected Reactions:

Cowardly Act
Will be avenged (whatever that means).
All perpetrators will be caught and punished.
There has been no laxity in intelligence.
This happens all over the world.
No amount of tight security can stop a determined terrorist.
The resilience of the Delhiites (or Bombayyites or Ahmedabadis etc. substitute any other city with an appropriate suffix to denote the citizens there) was in evidence.
Pakistan will immediately condemn the dastardly act.
Hillary Clinton will condemn the act and reiterate support to India to root out terrorism.
India will not retreat from its efforts to bring peace between India and Pakistan (Manmohan Singh)

jagga wrote:From Rediff Live:
Amul baby is visiting the injured at RML hospital. Guess what happened?
Rahul Gandhi was gheraoed by angry relatives who heckled him and demanded that he leave the hospital immediately.

jagga wrote:From Rediff Live:
Amul baby is visiting the injured at RML hospital. Guess what happened?
Rahul Gandhi was gheraoed by angry relatives who heckled him and demanded that he leave the hospital immediately.

SSridhar wrote:Expected Reactions:

Cowardly Act
Will be avenged (whatever that means).
All perpetrators will be caught and punished.
There has been no laxity in intelligence.
This happens all over the world.
No amount of tight security can stop a determined terrorist.
The resilience of the Delhiites (or Bombayyites or Ahmedabadis etc. substitute any other city with an appropriate suffix to denote the citizens there) was in evidence.
Pakistan will immediately condemn the dastardly act.
Hillary Clinton will condemn the act and reiterate support to India to root out terrorism.
India will not retreat from its efforts to bring peace between India and Pakistan (Manmohan Singh)

abhijitm wrote:It was a sophisticated IED device. ISI definitely. I hope there are enough CCTV around to help investigation.

SSridhar wrote:Nationwide alert issued.

Actual response: Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP): "Whenever there is a terror act, a particular community is looked at with suspicion. This is not good. It should stop. It is dangerous. It has happened several times and this still continues."

BhairavP wrote:No CCTV coverage there, as per Rediff, as the acquisition was stuck in the tendering process.