Indian Mujahideen targeting big cities for publicity: experts
Indian Mujahideen, a relatively new group which has claimed responsibility for most of the recent strikes across the country including yesterday's serial blasts in the capital, is targeting important places for media attention, security experts s...
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NEW DELHI: Indian Mujahideen, a relatively new group which has claimed responsibility for most of the recent strikes across the country including yesterday's serial blasts in the capital, is targeting important places for media attention, security experts said.
Former Intelligence Bureau Chief A K Doval felt the group is targeting major cities, mainly "capitals", because it wants "global media attraction.
"They (Mujahideen members) want to terrorise people and terrorism thrives on publicity. So, they target such areas from where they would get maximum media attention," Doval said.
The militant group first emerged on the national front when it send an e-mail to some media groups on November 23 last year, minutes before bombs exploded in buildings of three trial courts in Uttar Pradesh, including one at capital Lucknow.
Echoing Doval's views, former RAW Secretary A S Dulat said the motive is to gain publicity. "Smaller cities will not provide them so much publicity as these larger, politically important cities," Dulat said.
Doval said "in case of small cities, there is always a threat of being identified, but in bigger ones, you can go unnoticed". While Dulat was of the opinion that the larger motive is "propaganda publicity" rather than killing people, Doval felt that even low-intensity bombs can kill a number of people if planted in high density population areas and the explosion is triggered at peak hours.
Dulat added that the material used to prepare low- intensity bombs and was easily available in local markets.
Former Intelligence Bureau Chief A K Doval felt the group is targeting major cities, mainly "capitals", because it wants "global media attraction.
"They (Mujahideen members) want to terrorise people and terrorism thrives on publicity. So, they target such areas from where they would get maximum media attention," Doval said.
The militant group first emerged on the national front when it send an e-mail to some media groups on November 23 last year, minutes before bombs exploded in buildings of three trial courts in Uttar Pradesh, including one at capital Lucknow.
Echoing Doval's views, former RAW Secretary A S Dulat said the motive is to gain publicity. "Smaller cities will not provide them so much publicity as these larger, politically important cities," Dulat said.
Doval said "in case of small cities, there is always a threat of being identified, but in bigger ones, you can go unnoticed". While Dulat was of the opinion that the larger motive is "propaganda publicity" rather than killing people, Doval felt that even low-intensity bombs can kill a number of people if planted in high density population areas and the explosion is triggered at peak hours.
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Dulat added that the material used to prepare low- intensity bombs and was easily available in local markets.
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