NEW DELHI: As former US President and Democrat presidential candidate Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination try when a registered Republican opened fireplace at him on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Occasion drew parallels to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s 2013 election marketing campaign, which was marred by six consecutive bomb blasts.
Referring to the 2013 incident, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya shared a information article and stated, “Always remember: When Narendra Modi was the prime ministerial candidate in 2013, six blasts went off throughout his rally in Patna.The terrorists had initially deliberate to assassinate PM Modi utilizing a suicide bomber.”
Condemning assaults on world leaders, Malviya remarked, “The world is turning into more and more unsafe. We have seen assaults on Shinzo Abe, then Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, and now Donald Trump. The risk is actual. Vile international Left networks are at work, demonising standard and highly effective leaders, plotting to convey them down in order that they will management elected governments and stamp their hegemony.”
On October 27, 2013, as PM Modi stood on stage on the ‘Hunkar Rally’ in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan, bombs exploded. Six individuals have been killed, and in 2021, 9 terrorists have been convicted for the assaults, with 4 receiving dying sentences. The blasts occurred between 11:40 am and 12:45 pm. Investigations revealed that the terrorists initially deliberate to assassinate PM Modi with a suicide bomber however opted for bomb explosions to trigger a stampede, offering an opportunity to focus on PM Modi within the chaos.
The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) discovered that the accused had carried out reconnaissance of PM Modi’s rallies throughout the nation and concluded that attacking PM Modi with firearms was practically unimaginable because of his tight safety. In response to the NIA’s cost sheet, “They determined to blow up IEDs on the election rally in Patna, aspiring to kill many individuals, inflicting a stampede during which Modi could possibly be focused from shut vary.”
A particular NIA court docket held 9 members of the banned terror outfit SIMI responsible of the 2013 serial blasts that killed six individuals and injured 89 at PM Modi’s rally. One of many ten accused, Fakkruddin, was acquitted because of lack of proof. The court docket of extra district and periods decide Gurvinder Singh Malhotra will pronounce the sentences on November 1. Particular public prosecutor Lallan Prasad Sinha stated the NIA would search capital punishment for not less than 5 of the 9 convicts.
5 of the convicts – Haider Ali (alias Black Magnificence), Imtiaz Ansari, Umer Siddique, Azharuddin Qureshi, and Mujibullah Ansari – are already serving life phrases for the Bodh Gaya Mahabodhi blasts three months earlier than the Patna assault. The opposite 4 convicts are Numan Ansari, Ahmad Hussain, Mohammad Feroz Aslam, and Mohammad Ifteqaar Alam. One of many unique 12 accused had been convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board, Patna.
“The unique plan was to assassinate PM Modi via suicide bombing, however the terrorists gave up that plan after a recce confirmed that his fortress-like safety cowl can be exhausting to penetrate,” the particular public prosecutor stated. PM Modi was then the chief minister of Gujarat.
The NIA found that the terrorists detonated a suicide vest tied to a palm tree in Ranchi’s Sithiyo space whereas making ready for the serial blasts. The conspiracy unraveled with the arrest of Imtiaz, who was injured throughout an unintentional blast at Patna railway junction on the day of PM Modi’s rally. One other suspected SIMI terrorist, Tariq Ajam Ansari, was killed whereas inserting a pencil battery into an IED inside a public rest room on platform quantity 10 of the station. Three IEDs have been defused on the rally venue later.
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