Masked and unmasked : The Bodhgaya Suspect



The sketch of the Bodhgaya blast suspect relesed by NIA

 The NIA, grappling for a breakthrough in the bodhgaya serial blast, on 17 July 31 two sketches of a person whose movement leading up to the explosion were found to be suspicious. The sketches were said to be of a man believed to be hailing from Bihar or nearby areas. NIA sources in Delhi said that witness examination and video clips available from the CCTV cameras in the Mahabodhi Mahavihara complex suggest that the man is not a foreigner. The suspect is robbed like a Buddhist monk and in one sketch, is seen wearing a mask that covers the mouth. “Information collected from various sources suggested he is not a foreigner. He may be from Bihar or nearby areas,” said an NIA source. No other suspect have been targeted yet, the source said. The two sketch have been developed with the available leads and is being shared with the general public. The person will be awarded and his/her identity will be kept confidential who will give info about the suspect in the sketch, announced by the NIA. The agency has also released a video clip where the suspect is seen on the CCTV camera. The video clip has been merged to form one single clip where the suspect is seen. The sketch has been prepared on the basis of inputs provided by locals and the person present on the Mahavihara campus on morning of july 7. According to the information the suspect was dressed in a civara-the saffron robes of a Buddhist monk and was carrying a bag, his body wrapped in a chaadar and the face was covered with a mask in wee hours of july 7.The investigation agency is looking at a group that was formed after the Rohingya-Buddhist clashes in Rakhine state of Myanmar since last year. Inspired by that violence against the Rohingyas, there were strong reaction in Bangladesh, India and even Malaysia, besides among radical group of Pakistan. Hafiz Muhammad Sayeed, the chief of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, had tweeted that India was in cahoots with the Buddhist in persecution of the Muslim Rohingyas

The 7/7 attack on Mahabodhi Tempel Bodhgaya.

Hi, this is sameer sharma again  with lots of love.  .

There is a lot of things, that I want to share with you all about my experience 

of gaya city of Bihar . Here is the world famous world heritage site of Bodhgaya.

But on Sunday july 7, 2013 a brutal attack took place on this world heritage site

of peace. It was a pleasant morning of Sunday around 5:30 am , the swipers were cleaning the temple and all of sudden BOOM. No idea what happened , what was that.

After 2 min, one more explosion and total 9 explosions took place, one exploded at the evening. No one was killed but two monks were injured in the attack, they were admitted to medical college of Gaya city. Two bombs were defused by the bomb squat team. One was at the 80 ft statue of lord Buddha and others were inside the Mahabodhi temple’s boundary. Total of 12 bombs were planted to destroy the temple and its side by, but nothing was seriously damaged due to low intensity of the bombs. The bombs were made by 2.5 kgs LPG cylinders, by cracking its upper part and filled amonium nitrate. The bombs were tagged  with the name of the place, where it was to be planted and was written in hindi and urdu.

                            The NSG and NIA team reached the temple following day for the investigation of the explosion. Chief minister Nitish Kumar reached the site following day to know that had happened to the temple. The temple was safe but the holy tree was little damaged also the stairs were broken and footsteps was damaged.

                             Questions raised that being alerted by secret agencies why necessary steps were not taken by the state government. Before the attack I went their with my friends, what I see their, security doorframes were installed and guards with hand metal detector were recruited but they were very careless. A good example of their carelessness is, when I passed the doorframe they only asked me to switch off my cell phone and didn’t cheaked me with metal detector but when my friends passed the doorframe they were cheked one by one. I didn’t understand why they didn’t detected me.

                       The ongoing wrongs should be avoided.