New Delhi: Terror struck Jharkhand on Friday, when a bomb exploded in the Hazaribagh court premises in Ranchi injuring two people and leaving one dead.
The crude bomb exploded even as it was being made by some men inside the lcokup of the Hazaribagh court.
Initial reports suggest that the blast could be linked to the near-simultaneous blasts in court premises in three cities across Uttar Pradesh last month, that killed 13 people and injured at least 59 others.
Six bombs — three in Varansi, two in Faizabad and one in Lucknow — went off within a span of 15 minutes in the crowded court complexes between 1310 hours and 1325 hours. Some of bombs are believed to have been planted on cycles.
A little-known outfit, called Indian Mujahideen, has claimed responsibility. UN intelligence agencies said senior UP police officials have received an email in which the outfit has owned up to the attacks.
The first blast occurred outside a court in Faizabad. The second blast hit outside a civil court in Lucknow. And then two simultaneous blasts occurred within the district court campus in Varanasi.
Target Lawyers?
With the attack focused on courts across the three towns of Uttar Pradesh and now Hazaribagh, the theory that’s now gaining credence is that these are retaliatory strikes.
Rrecently, lawyers of the the district court in Lucknow assaulted three Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives, who were being produced as they are accused of plotting to abduct Congress General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi.
Also, in several cases of terrorist violence, lawyers have refused to defend the accused.
In Faizabad, where the case of the attack on the Ram Janma Bhomi of 2005 is being heard, the court had to appoint an officer to defend the five accused because no lawyer agreed to do the job.
In Varanasi too the entire bar council resolved not to fight case for Waliullah, the prime accused in the 2006 Sankat mochan terror attack.
COMMON LINK? The blast may be linked to the near-simulataneous blasts that rocked three UP courts last month.
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