By U Sudhakar Reddy
Hyderabad, July 27: The terror email sent by ‘Indian Mujahi-deen’ minutes before Saturday’s blasts at Ahmedabad holds a detailed threat to AP. “We warn the Andhra Pradesh government, specifically the Hydera-bad Police, to release the imprisoned Muslim youth immediately, and to be wise with yourselves (sic),” the email read. “We are watching you, and our ground-work to gun you down has already begun. We will be rid of you very soon.”
“We hereby notify you, especially the ATS and the STF and the governments of Madhya Pra-desh and Andhra Pra-desh, to release them all, lest you become our next targets and victims of our next attack,” it said. It warned the states, including AP to “stop harassing Muslims and keep a check on their killing, expulsion and encounters. We warn you of your foolish plots that you plan against us, thinking that you can curb our missions and foil our targets.”
“Wait for the Mujahi-deen and Fidayeen of Islam and stop them if you can. Who will make you feel the terror of Jihad. This is only a opening launch, a beginning,” it said. Police conducted a high-level review meeting on Sunday with officials from the Counter Intelligence, Octopus, City and Cyberabad commissionerates. The city police commissioner, Mr B. Prasada Rao, said, “We are analysing the e-mail. We will take appropriate steps to prevent any incident
Monday, 28 July 2008
Twin bombs of city identical with Gujarat bombs
By U Sudhakar Reddy
Hyderabad, July 27: Bombs defused in Ahmedabad and Surat are identical to those that went off at Lumbini Park and Gokul Chat in the city and that defused at Dilshuknagar foot overbridge in August last year.
Anti terror police sleuths of the State who are in touch with their counterparts said curved wooden crates are used to hold the explosive charge in all these cases.
Mr T Suresh a forensic expert of city police who was part of the team that defused the bomb in August 2007 said, "the wooden crate bomb is to hold shaped charge. It works like a directional mine. During explosion the sharpnels will be distribute in all directions. Ammonium nitrate gel with emulsifier is stuffed in the thin aluminium cover and then placed in wooden crate."
Around 1.5 kg of explosive material and 1400 grams of ball bearings are used in the bomb. A nine volt battery was also found in it.
A senior official of State police said, "the wooden crate bombs are similar in twin explosions in the city and that in Surat and Ahmedabad. In the city they are wrapped as gift packets but now they are placed in polythene bags." In Surat a bomb in wooden crate was found at Nupur hospital.
Bengaluru blasts programmed on computer
Regarding Bengaluru blasts the experts say, "the circuit used in the Bengaluru blasts itself acts as a timer. Computer experts may have taken part in the operation as they have to programme these circuit chips. Even in Mumbai train blasts similar chips were used."
Indian Mujahideen warns AP too
'Indian Mujahideen warned State government and Hyderabad police of serious attacks if Muslim youth are arrested in the name of Simi.
Police said the email of Indian Mujahideen before Ahmedabad blast mentioned about AP and Hyderabad.
Earlier email of Indian Mujahideen after Jaipur blast too mentioned the torture of Muslim youth in the city and warned of actions.
Police said, "the latest e mail warns of more attacks in AP and Madhya Pradesh if SIMI activists are arrested."
Hyderabad, July 27: Bombs defused in Ahmedabad and Surat are identical to those that went off at Lumbini Park and Gokul Chat in the city and that defused at Dilshuknagar foot overbridge in August last year.
Anti terror police sleuths of the State who are in touch with their counterparts said curved wooden crates are used to hold the explosive charge in all these cases.
Mr T Suresh a forensic expert of city police who was part of the team that defused the bomb in August 2007 said, "the wooden crate bomb is to hold shaped charge. It works like a directional mine. During explosion the sharpnels will be distribute in all directions. Ammonium nitrate gel with emulsifier is stuffed in the thin aluminium cover and then placed in wooden crate."
Around 1.5 kg of explosive material and 1400 grams of ball bearings are used in the bomb. A nine volt battery was also found in it.
A senior official of State police said, "the wooden crate bombs are similar in twin explosions in the city and that in Surat and Ahmedabad. In the city they are wrapped as gift packets but now they are placed in polythene bags." In Surat a bomb in wooden crate was found at Nupur hospital.
Bengaluru blasts programmed on computer
Regarding Bengaluru blasts the experts say, "the circuit used in the Bengaluru blasts itself acts as a timer. Computer experts may have taken part in the operation as they have to programme these circuit chips. Even in Mumbai train blasts similar chips were used."
Indian Mujahideen warns AP too
'Indian Mujahideen warned State government and Hyderabad police of serious attacks if Muslim youth are arrested in the name of Simi.
Police said the email of Indian Mujahideen before Ahmedabad blast mentioned about AP and Hyderabad.
Earlier email of Indian Mujahideen after Jaipur blast too mentioned the torture of Muslim youth in the city and warned of actions.
Police said, "the latest e mail warns of more attacks in AP and Madhya Pradesh if SIMI activists are arrested."
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Maoist attack: Watery Grave for Greyhounds
Autopsy report says only five died of bulletsBy U Sudhakar Reddy
Only five out of 24 Greyhound personnel died of bullet injuries sustained during last Sunday’s attack by Maoists at the Balimela reservoir in Orissa, according to autopsy reports.
The other 19 personnel drowned in water. Forensic doctors found that these bodies had water-logged lungs. There were no bullet injuries on their bodies.
Post-mortem tests are still to be done on the bodies 13 other Greyhounds killed in the attack.
An Intelligence official said that the personnel drowned either because they did not know to swim or because they were trapped in the launch which sank within minutes.
The senior forensic medicine expert, Dr K Narayana Reddy, said, “They may have been trapped in the cabin while taking cover. It takes two to four minutes for death by drowning to occur.” The government meanwhile has still not appointed an inquiry into the inci dent. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, had last Monday announced that a probe will be conducted by a senior police officer.
The Special Intelligence Branch and the state police headquarters in their internal inquiries have found “negligence” of the illfated Greyhounds party and “lack of communication” between Vizag district police officials and the state police.
Information about the Greyhounds operation was not communicated to the top officials both at Visakhapatnam and at the state police headquarters.
“The enquiry will basically look into whether the Greyhounds group commandant, Mr Vineet Brijlal, and the Vishakapatnam SP, Mr Akun Sabharwal, passed on information about the Greyhounds operation to senior officials.” “The Chief Minister is away in the Maldives. The inquiry may be appointed after he returns,” an Intelligence official told this correspondent
The other 19 personnel drowned in water. Forensic doctors found that these bodies had water-logged lungs. There were no bullet injuries on their bodies.
Post-mortem tests are still to be done on the bodies 13 other Greyhounds killed in the attack.
An Intelligence official said that the personnel drowned either because they did not know to swim or because they were trapped in the launch which sank within minutes.
The senior forensic medicine expert, Dr K Narayana Reddy, said, “They may have been trapped in the cabin while taking cover. It takes two to four minutes for death by drowning to occur.” The government meanwhile has still not appointed an inquiry into the inci dent. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, had last Monday announced that a probe will be conducted by a senior police officer.
The Special Intelligence Branch and the state police headquarters in their internal inquiries have found “negligence” of the illfated Greyhounds party and “lack of communication” between Vizag district police officials and the state police.
Information about the Greyhounds operation was not communicated to the top officials both at Visakhapatnam and at the state police headquarters.
“The enquiry will basically look into whether the Greyhounds group commandant, Mr Vineet Brijlal, and the Vishakapatnam SP, Mr Akun Sabharwal, passed on information about the Greyhounds operation to senior officials.” “The Chief Minister is away in the Maldives. The inquiry may be appointed after he returns,” an Intelligence official told this correspondent
Maoist Liberation Zone in Chattisgarh-Orissa-AOB
By U Sudhakar ReddyMaoists have formed a liberation corridor from Dandakaranya in Chhattisgarh to Orissa via the border with Andhra Pradesh.
Intelligence sources said the Balimela reservoir attack on Greyhounds by the Andhra-Orissa border military company of CPI(Maoist) could be seen as an attempt to indicate their control over this corridor.
Sources added Maoists may step up their activities in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam rural and East Godavari to further fortify the liberation corridor. Maoists had earlier mooted an audacious plan to form a red corridor from Pasupati in Nepal to Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
However, the idea was temporarily shelved after they were beaten back in Nallamala, North Telangana and other parts of the state.
“The decision to form the liberation corridor was taken in the national meet of the Maoists,” said a senior officer. “They want to strengthen it and then restart efforts on red corridor.” Nuapada in Orissa holds the key to the development of the corridor since the dense forest and hilly terrain is conducive for safe movement of the left wing extremists. Police said 100 Maoists had been drawn from Chhattisgarh, 100 from AP and a few from Orissa to set up two companies to operate in the AndhraOrissa border.
One of these AOB companies had ambushed and attacked the Greyhounds who were returning from a combing operation last week. The AOB consists of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati in Orissa and Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh.
Maoists have got control over many areas in Chhattisgarh and Orissa. “This is known as the guerrilla zone and is under the control of Maoists,” said a police officer. “They already have a strong base in Gajapati and Rayagada districts and have taken control of key areas of Southwestern Orissa.” The corridor along Ganjam-Kandhamal-Boudh-Sambalpur will give them the much-needed passage between their bastions in Chhattisgarh and Andhra, he added. But police does not have a ‘corridor’ of its own.
More than 1,200 km of the proposed 1,729 km road from Vijayawada to Ranchi in Jharkhand passes through 12 Naxalite-infested districts of Orissa along which the Maoists are planning to extend their corridor.
However, AP cops said the liberation corridor does not pose a major threat to the state, as long as vigil is maintained at districts adjacent to Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
Intelligence sources said the Balimela reservoir attack on Greyhounds by the Andhra-Orissa border military company of CPI(Maoist) could be seen as an attempt to indicate their control over this corridor.
Sources added Maoists may step up their activities in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam rural and East Godavari to further fortify the liberation corridor. Maoists had earlier mooted an audacious plan to form a red corridor from Pasupati in Nepal to Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
However, the idea was temporarily shelved after they were beaten back in Nallamala, North Telangana and other parts of the state.
“The decision to form the liberation corridor was taken in the national meet of the Maoists,” said a senior officer. “They want to strengthen it and then restart efforts on red corridor.” Nuapada in Orissa holds the key to the development of the corridor since the dense forest and hilly terrain is conducive for safe movement of the left wing extremists. Police said 100 Maoists had been drawn from Chhattisgarh, 100 from AP and a few from Orissa to set up two companies to operate in the AndhraOrissa border.
One of these AOB companies had ambushed and attacked the Greyhounds who were returning from a combing operation last week. The AOB consists of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada and Gajapati in Orissa and Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh.
Maoists have got control over many areas in Chhattisgarh and Orissa. “This is known as the guerrilla zone and is under the control of Maoists,” said a police officer. “They already have a strong base in Gajapati and Rayagada districts and have taken control of key areas of Southwestern Orissa.” The corridor along Ganjam-Kandhamal-Boudh-Sambalpur will give them the much-needed passage between their bastions in Chhattisgarh and Andhra, he added. But police does not have a ‘corridor’ of its own.
More than 1,200 km of the proposed 1,729 km road from Vijayawada to Ranchi in Jharkhand passes through 12 Naxalite-infested districts of Orissa along which the Maoists are planning to extend their corridor.
However, AP cops said the liberation corridor does not pose a major threat to the state, as long as vigil is maintained at districts adjacent to Orissa and Chhattisgarh.