Jaipur blasts: Terror group claims responsibility

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New Delhi: A little-known terrorist organisation, Indian Mujahideen, reportedly claimed responsibility for the serial blasts in Jaipur on Wednesday night. The group made the claim in an e-mail sent with video clips – from the ID guru_alhindi_jaipur@yahoo.co.uk – to a Hindi news channel.

The video shows a cycle parked in a market with a bag on its rear carrier. The e-mail claims the bag contained a bomb.

It also mentioned a number – 129489 – which it claims is the serial number of the cycle that was used for the blast in Jaipur’s Choti Chaupad area.

The e-mail also said Jaipur was chosen as a target as the organisation intended to hit at the country’s tourism economy. It added that the group has demonstrated their capability to strike anywhere. It also sends out a warning to the UK and the US on how Indian Mujahideen’s so-called mission of crippling economic targets was “on track”.

The Indian Mujahideen also claimed responsibility for UP blasts in November 2006.

In the case of the UP blasts, the e-mail was sent from an Internet café in Delhi’s Shakarpur area minutes before the blasts in Varanasi, Lucknow and Faizabad.

However, a team of experts sent by the Home Ministry to Jaipur after Tuesday's serial blasts has also submitted a report to the Ministry, saying three modules of three different terror groups were used to carry out the blasts.

The first module did a recce two months ago, the report said. The second module assembled the bombs that were used in the blasts while a third one planted the bombs.

The Home Ministry team believes the blasts are linked to the terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh.

Meanwhile, the police have released the sketch of the man who bought the cycles on which the bombs were planted. They have described him as a 25-year-old with medium height.

Shamim, a resident of Sikar, Rajasthan, who was named by Sankat Mochan blast accused Valil Ulla, is also being seen as a prime suspect.

Meanwhile, according to Home Ministry officials a cell phone bomb could also have been the primary device for the blasts.