Indian defence minister concerned about the colonel’s arrest over bombing

by Imran Schah    November 08, 2008

Mumbai: Indian defence minister voiced concern about the alleged role of an army colonel in funding and providing explosives to a right-wing Hindu group accused of a Muslim town.

Lieutenant colonel Shrikant Prohit was arrested by anti-terror police, in connection with the September 29 bombing near a mosque that killed 6 people and injured scores of others in western India.

Anti-terror police in the state of Maharashtra, where the predominantly Muslim town is located, have asked the army for permission to question two other serving army officers.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in an area where relations between Hindus and Muslims have been strained in recent years.

Two years ago, simultaneous bombings in the town killed 38 and injured more than 100 people, most of them were Muslims.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Rate It:

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5