Author: Staff Reporter
Publication: The Hindu
Date: September 8, 2011
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article2434549.ece
The Harkat-ul-Jihad, which has purportedly
claimed responsibility for Wednesday's blast in the Delhi High Court complex,
has threatened to target the Supreme Court and other major High Courts if
the death sentence awarded to Afzal Guru, in the Parliament attack case, is
not repealed.
An email containing this message was sent
from harkatuljihadi2011@gmail.com to an electronic media group around 1.30
p.m., over two hours after the high-intensity blast.
"...Our demand is that Afzal Guru's death
sentence be repealed immediately, else we would target major High Courts and
the Supreme Court of India," the mail said.
Although in the recent past, such emails were
sent by the terror outfit, Indian Mujahideen, to own up responsibility for
blasts in different parts of the country, including Delhi, the police are
treading cautiously.
"We cannot take the email at its face
value at this stage. A thorough investigation is necessary to establish its
authenticity. The email service provider can be contacted to ascertain through
which Internet Protocol (IP) address the e-mail account was created and email
was sent," said a police officer.
