Jihadi terror and Hindu rightwing terror are different: Goa police

More on Ummid: International l National l Regional l Politics l Sports l Religion l History l Culture l Education




Mumbai all set to host the biggest ever Islamic conference
PM ends J&K tour, offers friendship to Pakistan
Students take to the street against attack on Joint Secretary
London duo gifted Gandhi letters written in Urdu to India
Students take to the street against attack on Joint Secretary
Union Minister lauds MP bureaucrats’ work for downtrodden
MP CM inducts tainted ex-colleagues into his cabinet
'Don't emasculate the RTI Act dear Prime Minister'
Nida Mahmood gives sari a unique twist
Country's economy is responding well, says Mukherjee

	How Malegaon became first to announce the election results: It was testing times for the Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh assembly aspirants ......Read Full Congress, latest victim of The Malegaon Blast Maharashtra to have 11 Muslim MLAs, Haryana to have 05
*Swine Flu awareness through Nukkad* Natak, MMC sets precedent**: As Swine Flu panic along with other parts of the world....Read Full Book smashes India's "Islamic terrorism" myth


*Indian Journalist's Pakistan Experience: Assi Lahore dekhya!:* Yes Yes, I am back from my first ever Pakistan visit. The stress on the 'yes' is for the reason that for the past five days odds, I have been ... Read Full	'Don't emasculate the RTI Act dear Prime Minister': Opposition to the proposed amendments in the Right To Information (RTI) Act by the UPA Government in the centre ceases to cool down. Instead, the voice of dissen .... Read Full
London duo gifted Gandhi letters written in Urdu to India: Describing Gandhi as a "spirit, not an individual," President Pratibha Patil Wednesday accepted the gift of Gandhi memorabilia on behalf of India..... Read Full	UNICEF study on UP madrasas clears doubts, reveals startling facts: Contrary to popular belief and projections that madrasas are hubs for training Islamic fanatics, a recent study actually reveals the secular... Read Full

More on ummid
Readying for the Battle Ahead: “You are the future of India. Amongst you students, I can see Pandit Nehru, Maulana Azad, Mrs. Gandhi, Tipu Sultan and Razia Sultan. They all are here hidden in you”, said Shamsuddin ...Read Full	Blast in Goa: Goa, the paradise for tourists, witnessed a bomb kept in a scooter going off on the eve of Divali (17th Oct 2009) in Margao. It killed Malgonda Patil and seriously injured Yogesh Naik. Anoth ... Read Full
‘We cannot have peace without justice’: Former US President Jimmy Carter visited Jeddah on Saturday to share his vision of the future of cross cultural and interfaith relations and peace in the Middle... Read Full	1 km long mail for Obama from Uttar Pradesh: Barack Obama has mail - from a place in Uttar Pradesh state in India that he would never have heard of. And how! Measuring over one kilometre, the letter has been put together by more... Read Full


Post Blast-Malegaon Emerged Stronger: The immediate reasons for the ongoing terrorist attacks in the country are not very clear. However one thing is for sure. These strikes are the attacks on the national integrity of the country and an attempt to divide the....Read Full
Mollywood attracts Global Media: After making the news in print and electronic media over the years at National level, the emerging film industry in Malegaon, popularly known as MOLLYWOOD in accordance with Hollywood and... Read Full	Sonia, Azad, Chavan admit there exists Pain in Malegaon: After the bureaucracy, on June 30, it was the turn of the top political leaderships, of the country as well as of the state, to acknowledge, the trauma people of Malegaon ....Read Full

Jihadi terror and Hindu rightwing terror are different: Goa police

Monday, November 02, 2009 12:39:07 PM, IANS

Goa blast accused named others before dying: Minister: The main accused in the Diwali eve blast in Goa's Margao town had told police about several others involved in the conspiracy before succumbing to his injuries...... Read Full

Blast in Goa

Goa Police ‘U’ turn: Sanatan Sanstha not involved in blast

Goa Blast: BJP demands CBI probe

SIT to probe the Goa Blast

Goa blast toll rises to 2, suspects belonging to Sanathan Saunstha arrested

Hindu Outfit under scanner for Goa blast, five activists nabbed

Panaji: The Goa police believe there is a difference between jihadi terrorism and right wing Hindu terrorism.

A senior police official who is investigating the Diwali eve blast carried out by members affiliated to the Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha (SS) in Margao, a major town in South Goa 35 km from here, said that the Oct 16 blast was aimed at targeting a public function, unlike other threats by jihadi groups received by Goa in the past.

"The aims and goals of both groups differ. Jihadi elements have threatened Goa's coastline in the past. We have also received threats of places frequented by tourists being targeted in the past. But this is different," Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande told reporters.

"The recent attack shows that the target was a public function frequented by many people. Chaos was perhaps their intended objective," he added.

Goa, a tourist haven, has received several terror threats in the past especially from October to March, the period which attracts the most tourists to the state.

The threats from jihadi groups, according to police, targeted popular night spots.

After the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai last year, Goa even saw bunkers and gun turrets all along its beaches after intelligence agencies warned of a terror threat from the sea.

Amidst these increasing number of terror threats from jihadi groups over the last few years, the Diwali eve blast by the Hindu group SS could have caught the police off guard.

Two people, both members of the SS, died in the Diwali eve blast when detonator-rigged gelatine sticks they were ferrying on a scooter exploded. Malgonda Patil, a Sangli-based high ranking member of the SS died of injuries a few hours after the blast; the other scooter rider Yogesh Naik succumbed to his injuries a few days later.

Both Patil and Naik, who have been accused in the blast case, were parking their scooter near a festive gathering 100 metres from the district administration headquarters building when the gelatine sticks exploded. Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was in close proximity when the incident occurred.

The police have arrested two people in connection with the Goa blast. Both the accused Vinay Talekar, 30, and Vinayak Patil, 27, are originally from Karnataka.

Home | Top of the Page

Comment on this article

Name:
E-mail Address:
Write here...

Ummid Business: Advertise with us | Careers | Link Exchange

Ummid.com is part of Awaz Multimedia & Publications providing World News, News Analysis and Feature Articles on Education, Health. Politics, Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Industry etc. The articles or the views displayed on this website are for public information and in no way describe the editorial views. The users are entitled to use this site subject to the terms and condition mentioned.