Sunday, October 27, 2013

2014 election campaign marred by bloodshed from bomb blast in Patna, Is it terror attack or political conspiracy?

Moments before BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's reached Gandhi Maidan, Patna  to address Hunkar rally, five people were killed and 66 injured in six serial bomb blasts near the venue of the rally in on October 27, 2013. Modi addressed the rally amid smoke of the blast.

The blast were carried out using country made bombs of low intensity on the outer periphery of the Gandhi Maidan. One bomb went off before the Eliphistine cinema hall on the western side of the rally venue. A crude bomb exploded at Patna railway station as well..

Central Government has sent teams of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and National Security Guard (NSG) to Patna.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cancelled his scheduled tour to Munger where he was to address an international yoga conference and convened a meeting with Chief Secretary A.K. Sinha, Director General of Police Abhyanand and Principal Secretary Home Amir Subhani on the law and order situation in the wake of the serial blasts. Bihar Chief Minister was about to leave his 1, Anne Marg residence to for the airport to fly to Munger and from there to Rajgir to attend a two-day JD(U) convention in Nalanda district.

The bombs that have been used appear to be similar to that of the ones used in Gaya terror attack. It is not clear as yet whether it is an act of terror attack or political conspiracy.


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