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The radical and dark side of Bajrang Dal
Published on Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 23:21, Updated on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 00:42 in India section
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New Delhi: First it was the violent protests in Jammu over the Amarnath Shrine land rights issue, then came the anti-Christian violence in Orissa and Karnataka, that killed 35 and left hundreds homeless.
With less than six months left for the General Elections, a radical Hindu fringe is blazing a trail of terror in small-town India.
They are arrogantly open about their attacks and motives, acting almost without fear of punishment.
Blasts in three towns in Maharashtra had links to Hindu militant groups. The bombs were allegedly made by Bajrang Dal members. Just days ago, Dungarpur in Rajasthan witnessed a scary communal conflict. Shops and vehicles were torched and houses – mostly belonging to Muslims – were attacked.
In north Maharashtra, Malegaon and Dhule were recently gripped by a similar communal conflict. Five were killed and over 100 were injured.
Today, Malegaon and Dhule are calm. So are Karnataka and Orissa. But it’s an uneasy calm.
Radical and proud of it
In Maharashtra, Venkatesh Phanse recalls of April 6, 2006 with pride. It was when a bomb blast in Patbhandare Nagar, Nanded killed his son Himanshu, a member of the Bajrang Dal.
“As a father, I am definitely proud of him, no doubt about it,” he says.
Another man, Naresh Kondwar, was also killed, and three RSS/Bajrang Dal members injured. The police say the men were making a bomb which went off accidentally.
“After the blast, next day afternoon when we started clearing the debris we found a bomb and some material which is used in bomb making,” says Suryapratap Gupta of Maharashtra police.
Maharashtra's Anti-Terror Squad has found that a house where the blast occurred belonged to an RSS worker, Laxman Rajkondwar.
It was there that the Bajrang Dal cadres allegedly manufactured bombs.
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