Author: S. Chandrasekhar
Publication: Organiser
Date: October 29, 2006
URL: http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=154&page=13
Introduction: Extremist literature, campus
politics, letter bombs
The Islamic terrorist organisation, National
Development Front (NDF) involved in several acts of terrorism to its credit
like murder of RSS cadres, bomb explosions in Kozhikode bus-stop, torching
of Tamil Nadu state buses, explosion of boat in Beypore and not to forget,
the barbaric and savage butchering of eight Hindu fishermen in Marad in 2003,
is diversifying its area of operation to publishing of extremist magazines,
indulging in campus politics and post-graduation to the high-tech 'Letter
Bomb'!
As a threat to the CPM led SFI and ABVP, 'Campus-Front'
the students organisation of NDF has started operation in most colleges of
Kerala. In Muslim majority areas, its strength is comparatively very substantial.
Clashes between SFI and Campus-Front (CF) have erupted in colleges where SFI
does not allow any other student organisation to function. Recently in the
University College at Thiruvananthapuram, a red stranglehold, a 'CF' activist
was beaten blue and black for trying to organise a meeting of CF at the Campus.
Nahas, the injured Islamic History student is still in hospital.
In addition leading newspapers like 'Madhyamam'
and 'Thejus' being run by Jamaat-e-Islami and Mujahids, there are almost 30
weeklies and monthlies published from Kozhikode, majority being run by the
NDF and other extremist groups like Sunni factions including Kanthapuram Musaliar,
Mujahid and Jamaat-e-Islami.
Finally at Thiruvananthapuram, the day President
A.P.J. Kalam was on a day's visit, 'Letter Bombs' were detected at two major
post offices of Manacaud and Kesavadasapuram and the one at Manacaud went
off, when the suspicious postman was trying to segregate it. Investigations
revealed that they were assembled in a very high-tech manner, and if aluminium
powder was replaced with 'RDX' the impact would have been catastrophic. Investigations
led to the arrest of Mohasin, a student of Fire Engineering, a computer wizard
and an activist of the NDF. According to police Mohasin had sent the Letter
Bomb to Vasu, who had refused to get converted to Islam. The Letter Bomb was
sent to other locations to divert police attention. Mohasin and his brother
Muneer who are also activists of Campus Front had sent letters to the Principal
of the Govt. Homoeo College at Thiruvananthapuram threatening to bomb the
college, since he did allow 'CF' to function there. Also threatening letters
with Islamic wordings of seditious, anti-national and Islamic terrorist nature
were sent to several persons staying in the vicinity of Mohasin's house. More
dangerous, the police who raided Mohasin's house seized a 0.27 Bullet, normally
used in a Belgium made Winchester-type rifle. Police suspect that this was
supplied by LeT or ISI for training purposes. Also two letter bombs were defused
in the University Campus Post Office in Kariavattom, a day after the arrest
of Mohasin, possibly to protest against his arrest.
The timing of the letter bomb explosion, i.e.
on the day of Kalam's arrival is seen by IB as an attempt to display NDF's
power. Over the years Kerala has seen many types of bombs being used by Islamic
terrorists. Country bombs, steel bombs in steel vessels including lunch boxes,
bombs assembled in PVC pipes of which hundreds were found near Kadalundi bridge
near Kozhikode in 1996, Cigarette bombs which were used to destroy cinema
theater since they considered it anti-Islam, bombs in Pepsi-Cans which were
used in Marad, pen bombs and the torch light bomb which exploded in Nadapuram.
Now hold your breath, police say the Islamic terrorists are on the verge of
making a 'Mobile Phone Bomb'!
Anyway, Kerala has entered Frederick Forsyth's
latest best-seller 'The Afghan' as a fundamentalist Islam territory. What
Forsyth was able to find out, our ruling LDF and Congress led UDF are failing
to realise, since they are more concerned with vote banks.
