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The serial blasts, carried out at places of worship in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa during May-June last year, were planned by members belonging to the organisation, CID investigations revealed.
According to sources, the subversive activities were planned by Syed Zia-ul-Hassan, a Mardan-based Pakistani national and elder son of Deendar Anjuman’s founder Moulana Syed Siddique Deendar Channabasveshwar, to cause large-scale violence in the southern states. The entire operation was planned by the ISI and some activists of the Deendar Anjuman in the city were selected for the purpose. The selection was made by Zia-ul-Hassan himself who visited the city to attend his father’s annual Urs during 1999, sources said. It was the sixth attempt by the ISI to form a base in the city by inciting Muslim youth against India. The first attempt was made in December 1993 and a group was formed which conducted two bomb blasts, including in a train on December 6, 1993, to create communal disturbances A few months later in 1994, a 23-member group, with most of its members hailing from Nalgonda district, was used by the ISI to kill ‘karsevaks’. Again in 1995, 1997 and 1999, separate groups were formed. As these groups were operating independently, they were soon caught by the police and some of the members were also killed in police encounters.
To ensure that it do not fail in its attempt this time, the Anjuman, a not-so well-known organisation, was selected by the ISI to carry out its activities
The ISI activists then started surveying
places of worship located in sensitive areas in various parts of Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh and Goa. Subsequently, they conducted bomb blasts at a Christian
religious gathering at Machilipatnam, churches at Vikarabad, Medak, Ongole
and Tadepalligudem, a temple at Vijayawada and a mosque at Guntur. Blasts
were also planned at some places in the city, including the Buddha Statue
in Hussainsagar and the Birla Temple, but before they could do so, they
were caught by the police.
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