September 15th, 2008 
Aman Serial Bomb Blasts After conducting serial bomb blasts within a time of one and a half month in, Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmadabad and Surat, Indian Mujahideen struck again on Saturday and this time target was the national capital Delhi. Five low intensity bomb blasts went off within a time of 30 minutes at three of the busiest places of the national capital. Two bomb blasts went off in Connaught Place, two in Greater Kailash M Block market in south Delhi and the fifth and the most damaging in Karol Bagh ‘s Ghaffar Market. The damage could have been much more if the police had not detected four more bombs that were placed at other busiest places and were later on defused by the bomb-defusal squad. 25 people have died and more than 100 have been injured in the blasts. Terrorist Group Indian Mujahideen, which is considered to be one of the branch of SIMI , has taken the responsibility of conducting the bomb blasts. There are a lot of similarities between the previous serial bomb blasts of Ahmadabad and Bangalore and the Delhi Blasts. This group had sent emails prior to the blasts and it has happened again this time, though the male was sent to a media group after 10 minutes. Same kind of material was used that was used in the previous serial bomb blasts. Militants chose the busiest placed and the evening rush hours to maximize the damage. Intelligence These serial bomb blasts have once again showed the failure of the Indian intelligence agencies. After the serial blasts in Ahmadabad and Bangalore, secret agencies as well as the police departments of all the Indian states were put on high alert. But they, again have failed. Some people have claimed to have seen the bomb planters. Police have prepared the sketches of the culprits on the basis of the eyewitnesses’ accounts. It is a very crucial breakthrough and it is being considered that the culprits will be caught soon. Home Minister But these blasts have brought a lot of criticism to the UPA government and especially for the union home minister Shivraj Patil. Opposition and well as some state government are demanding strict laws against the terrorists but he has always remained the stumbling block in the process. Some of the TV channels have criticized him for ‘changing clothes strategy’. It was reported that he had [...]
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