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| Cinema owners asked to apply security norms | | Initial Ludhiana probe points to LeT, BKI | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 15
Following directions from the Union Home Ministry in the aftermath of Ludhiana Cineplex explosion, the cinema halls in Jammu have been asked to adhere to the strict security guidelines.
As the investigators probed the cinema hall blast in Ludhiana, the Centre government has told the state government in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere to ask the owners of cinema halls and shopping complexes to have an in-house mechanism to prevent such incidents.
"People and owners of various shopping complexes and cinema halls should ensure an in-house mechanism to keep a constant vigil against those who wanted to perpetrate terrorism," Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta has said in his communication. The police on its part always increases the vigil but certain laxities do occur which can be plugged by the security that put in place, he said.
meanwhile, twelve people were detained on Monday in connection with Sunday's deadly blasts at a Ludhiana multiplex which claimed seven lives. However, the police are not yet sure about the number of people involved in the blast, Deputy Inspector General (Intelligence) J K Mittal said in Ludhiana on Monday .He did not rule out the involvement of terrorist outfits, working in Punjab or Jammu and Kashmir, in masterminding the explosion. Punjab Police DGP N P S Aulakh said that the state has been put on high alert in the wake of the blasts. He refused to rule out the theory that the blast might have been an attempt to scare away migrant labourers, who dominate the labour sector of Punjab.
Preliminary investigations into the deadly Ludhiana blasts show that the act of terror could have been carried out by Pakistan-based terrorists with the help of the Sikh militants.
The Intelligence Bureau says that the role of the two cannot be ruled out as both the outfits had been associated with each other for quite some time.
The IB had two years back sounded a warning regarding the revival of Sikh militancy in Punjab. A report by the IB shows that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba along with five other outfits were chosen by the ISI and entrusted with the job of training men from Babbar Khalsa International and International Sikh Youth Federation.
The training was imparted in use of weapons and also infiltration into India through the Jammu and Kashmir valley.
The IB report also says that the ISI had taken upon itself to revive Sikh militancy in a big way as the former felt that it needed a partner within India to carry out terror attacks. The first signs of the revival of Sikh militancy came to light in 2001, when they underwent a month long training programme in Pakistan.
Both the LeT and the BKI have set up a common office outside Nankana Sahib, a small town in sub divisional head quarter of Shekhupura in west Punjab in Pakistan. The report says that the ISI was ready to go to any extent to train the Sikh militants that all amenities were provided. The ISI had provided the militants outfits with bungalows and plenty of space to undertake training activity, the report also states.
The ISI was, however, very particular in keeping the link between the Sikh and Pakistan militants a low key affair. IB officials say that at no point of time, did the ISI want the world to know about this nexus. The reason being, the involvement of the Sikh militants was very important to infiltrate into India. Even after the 9/11 attacks the BKI and ISYF militants were shifted into Islamabad.
Apart from the LeT, the Pakistan-based Jamaat-e-Islami too is playing a key role in the revival of Sikh militancy. The JEI had held a meeting with the BKI recently at its headquarters in Mansoora. The JEI is learnt to have assured the BKI of all support. The BKI was even offered arms and training.
The report also relies on the speeches made by some of the Pakistan militants in which they discuss at length the historical links between the Sikhs and the Muslims. The ISI aims at creating a common ground between the two and wants to portray both the Sikhs and the Kashmiris as natural allies fighting against the government of India.
The ISI had also gone a step ahead and formed the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee. This was seen as a subtle move by the ISI to achieve a long term goal.
The report says that ever since the formation of the PSGPC, the interaction between the pro-Khalistani Sikhs and Pakistan has substantially increased and the Pakistan government had also liberalized visas for such persons. The Pakistan outfits through this programme try and extract information regarding the security of India and also aim at spreading hatred, malice and discontentment within the communities in India. |
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