Condemn The Twin Terror Blasts In Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad!
Demand Proper Investigation, Resist Attempts To Scapegoat and Witch-hunt !!
AISA strongly condemns the twin terror blasts that took place on 21 Feb in Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad. Two blasts took place, at least 13 people have been killed, and more than 100 have been injured. We express deep condolences to the families of those killed in the blasts and demand smooth disbursal of compensation to all those who have suffered.
Such terror blasts have to be condemned in no uncertain terms, and it is of utmost importance that a proper investigation be conducted to nail the actual culprits. Unfortunately, time and again, we have seen that in the name of ‘investigation’, several youth from the minority community are picked up and instant ‘break throughs’ are claimed. This time too, the same beaten track is being followed : unsubstantiated stories and theories of ‘involvement of a number of students from minority community labeled as IM operatives’, are being bandied about in the media almost immediately after the blasts – none of which point to attempts at serious investigation. Moreover, this time around too, the BJP-VHP-RSS saffron brigade has started its oft-repeated campaign immediately after the blasts. BJP leaders like Venkaiah Naidu and Sushma Swaraj have claimed that the Hyderabad blasts are a response to the hanging of Kasab and Afzal Guru. Such atrocious statements, with NO evidence whatsoever, are highly condemnable, and smack of politically motivated attempts to spread communal tensions. May we remind the Sanghi brigade that after the Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blasts too, several Muslim youth were picked up, kept in jail for years and tortured in custody; finally all were released with no evidence to back the police claim! Worse still, later on it got unearthed that some Hindutva groups were involved in the same Mecca Masjid blasts! Almost the same trajectory was followed in several other terror blasts, including the Malegaon, Ajmer and the Samjhauta express blasts. Till date, the entire Sanghi terror network remains to be completely unearthed.
It is high time, instead of the oft-repeated mode of prejudiced scape-goating to claim ‘break-though’ and dramatic media stories, investigation must be unprejudiced and objective to reach the real culprits. It is extremely important that a proper investigation takes place and the real perpetrators of the incident are brought to book.
AISA condemns the terror blasts in Hyderabad, and appeals to the student community to resist any attempts to use this incident to vitiate communal harmony and spread a communal hate campaign.
