New Delhi:
Two emails claiming responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast was sent to Delhi Police on Friday.
One of the mails is apparently from the terror group Indian Mujahiddeen and originated from Moscow. It claims Ahmedabad will be the next target. The email offers a code that warns of the next attack. "The numbers read as Ahmedabad," said Home Minister P Chidambaram, who described the contents of the email as "simple amateurish code" but stressed, "We are taking it seriously... the Gujarat government has been alerted."
The email was sent using a proxy server at 4 pm on Wednesday, hours after a briefcase bomb exploded at the courthouse. 13 people have died so far; more than 70 were injured. All those killed and injured have been identified; the police say the bomber was not among them.
"We assessed that there is a need to beef up the security. That's why a meeting was called today to review the security. The emails we have received are being investigated. We are trying to find out the source of the email; some progress has been made in this regard. We are interrogating few people. One of the emails indicated one particular location, so I have spoken to the concerned DGP," Union Home Secretary RK Singh said.
All emails are being carefully studied by the National Investigating Agency (NIA) which has been asked to handle the inquiry into the latest terror attack in Delhi. The first was received by NDTV and another TV channel on Wednesday and was purportedly from terrorist group HuJI or Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami. That note said that the Supreme Court would be attacked next if the death sentence for Afzal Guru is not commuted. Mr Guru has been convicted for the 2001 attack at the Indian Parliament. The email was traced to a cybercafe in Kishtwar near Jammu; the sender is believed to be in his teens; a sketch of his will be released today.
A second email was sent to a TV channel yesterday; the sender claims to be a member of the Indian Mujahideen, but sources say the email, written in Hindi, does not follow the pattern of earlier emails sent by the IM claiming responsibility for terror attacks. This email has yet to be traced. The NIA has asked Google for assistance.
The third email, discussed today by Mr Chidambaram, is sent from an account named "killindian@yahoo" and reads: "This is to inform you that we Indian Mujahideen claims the terror attack on Delhi High Court. I just want you to pass a message to the Indian government that next blast will be so cruel that you people won't be able to forget it for decay (decades) and if you are willing to know the next attack it is 1,8,5,13,4,1,2,1,4 till you come to know what it stands for the next blast will be done if you have any question get back soon because we don't have time for anything. Ali Saed el-Hoori."
The fourth email was sent from an account named "Chhotu mian" also threatens of an attack in Ahmedabad.