Rameshwaram Cafe blast planner calls for nationwide attacks on trains
New Delhi: Indian intelligence agencies are on high alert after a video surfaced showing terrorist Farhatullah Ghori calling on sleeper cells in India to carry out attacks on trains nationwide. Ghori, who is believed to be based in Pakistan, is reportedly responsible for orchestrating the Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru earlier this year.
In the video, Ghori outlines methods for carrying out bomb attacks using pressure cookers and also suggests targeting petroleum pipelines and Hindu leaders. He criticises the Indian government's efforts to weaken sleeper cells through actions by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), but vows to "return and shake the government."
The Rameshwaram Cafe blast on March 1 injured at least 10 people. The NIA, which took over the investigation, arrested two key suspects, Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa and Mussavir Hussain Shazib, in April. They were allegedly members of an Islamic State (IS) module operating in Karnataka's Shivamogga region.
Ghori, also known as Abu Sufiyan and Sardar Sahab, has been linked to several high-profile attacks in India, including the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack and the 2005 suicide bombing at the Task Force office in Hyderabad. He is believed to be orchestrating online jihadist recruitment with the support of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
