Jalgaon On The Itinerary Of David Headley!!!
By Mustafa Khan
02 April, 2010
Countercurrents.org
How come Jalgaon did not figure in the schedule of David Headley! News emanating from Jalgaon but quoting government intelligence agencies indicate otherwise. They would place Jalgaon as the hotspot of terrorism.
A Marathi paper Punya Nagri in its Jalgaon edition of Tuesday March 30, 2010 carries banner headline: “Jalgaon as the target of Indian Mujahideen.” The report says that the Indian Mujahideen is busy (magan) training suicide squads which care a tuppence (befikar) for spewing deaths. The terrorists of IM are immersed (gark) in the training. The squad is named “Bullet 313”. The intelligence agency that has prepared the report for the government says that “Bullet 313” has first preference for Jalgaon as the target of attack. IM is recruiting students of mechanical and chemical engineering, students of computer science, as well as the usual collegians. The students of higher education are grouped in modules which would create terror in all the parts of the country. Thus, Jalgaon is the University of Terrorism in India. Delhi and Vangni near Badlapur are other such places. In the last named place the training is going on in a housing colony. The first batch has admitted 200 students and 113 will join soon. That would make it 313. The expense is covered by the fund generated in the Middle East and sent through hawala from Indonesia. It is spent on buying arms. Even if one ‘bullet’ succeeds in destroying its target the country would be in a turmoil, the report adds.
The same news report is carried in the inner pages of the same newspaper of Nasik edition dated the same day. There is nowhere else we get the news either in Marathi or in any other paper.
Well, if it is true we must act fast and arrest and punish everyone involved in the so called “Bullet 313”. There can be no two opinions on this across linguistic or religious or regional lines.
But, what if this is not true?
Then, the first question is who planted it in the news paper? What is the aim of it? Which group stands to gain most from this? Which groups is directly and immediately to lose much from this?
Or, is it some government originated story in the juggernaut of war on terrorism, what Noam Chomsky means by quoting President Ronald Reagan, “the evil scourge of terrorism”. By that Chomsky means state directed international terrorism. The first suspect state is, of course, Pakistan. But unless we have joint investigation with our neighbouring country we have to be content with misgivings.
The next is the non state actors. The Indian Mujahideens were reportedly based in Pune in large number. Muslims have their educational institutes like the Adam complex. But the last time terrorism turned up the name of Pune was when Wadia College’s two professors had been associated with bomb making training organized by lieutenant colonel Purohit and his Abhinav Bharat. Both Purohit and AB are based in Pune.
Moreover, the police have not been successful in tracing the Pune blast to IM. What could then be the motive in releasing this news item? One, it could be diverting attention from the failure in investigation since no one has been arrested even after a month and more than half of the German Bakery blast. All the same, the focus on the IM remains unchanged. That serves the purpose.
Two, the Muslims in Jalgaon are breaking new grounds in the field of education. Their pioneering work does not go down well with those who are paranoid and eye them with suspicion. The Iqra society has a sprawling complex on the way to compete with Adam complex of Pune. The self confidence of the fledging community as far as education is concerned is likely to create unhealthy emotions in Hindutva groups. Their chauvinism cannot brook the self assured stride of their fellow countrymen.
It has also become self apparent that those whose voice stridently against Muslims are also boisterously supporting Sadhvi Pragya and her ilks.
Therefore, the government should either scotch the rumour and nip the evil intent in the bud or make thorough inquiry into the affair. It must also educate the people that so much is at stake in the fight against terrorism that truth must prevail so that the nation can survive with honour.
