Author: TNN
Publication: The Times of India
Date: February 14, 2009
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Samjhauta-blast-US-names-Pak-man/articleshow/4126714.cms
In what should scotch all doubts about who
was responsible for the Samjhauta Express blasts of February 2007 that killed
about 70 people, US has approached the UN to get a certain Asif Kasmani declared
an international terrorist.
The reasons cited by US to get Kasmani, a
Pakistani national, declared an international terrorist are his involvement
in the Samjhauta Express blasts.
Kasmani is considered to be the link between
Laskar-e-Toiba and Al Qaida. Though India had blamed the Samjhauta Express
blasts on elements from Pakistan, the latter has strenuously denied any connection
to the incident.
Much later, a goof-up by the prosecution in
the Malegaon blast case raised some doubts about the involvement of Abhinav
Bharat plotter Lt Col Srikant Purohit, bringing an Hindutva terror element
into play. This had given Pakistan a handle, claiming that terror events are
routinely blamed on it while the "Hindu" angle was ignored.
