Indian Mujahideen warns of more attacks

The banned Indian Mujahideen (IM) today claimed responsibility for the blast in Varanasi, "attributing" it to 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid and warned of more such attacks.

In a five-page e-mail dated yesterday and sent to media houses, the IM, which was responsible for a series of previous terror attacks in India, warned that it would carry out similar attacks "very soon".

The mail also referred to the recent Allahabad high court judgment on the Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit and the reported clean chit given by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team probing the post-Godhra riots to Gujarat chief minister Marendra Modi.

"We have now achieved skills to teach Newton's third law in their own terms. Our youth have all reasons to be proud and pompous to shoulder our responsibilities towards the UMMAH, while our elderly can be content...," the mail said.

The IM appealed to all Muslim countries to voice their concerns regarding "oppression and injustice" allegedly inflicted by India upon the Muslims.

The mail also referred to the alleged manhandling of Kashmiri leaders in some parts of the country.