13 September 2008 Delhi bombings
The 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings were a series of five synchronised bomb blasts that took place within a span of few minutes on Saturday, 13 September 2008 at various locations in Delhi, India.
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[edit]- And as expected, Delhi was a target of these terror attacks in 2008. On 13 September, several explosions shook the city, claiming 33 lives and injuring 130 others. I was present in Rajeev Chowk minutes before the explosions. Two of the bombs had gone off in that area. It was the fourth major terrorist incident that year after Jaipur, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. The intelligence agencies had reportedly intercepted a phone call to Pakistan soon after the Ahmedabad carnage. The terrorists were heard discussing the success of the operation ‘BAD’. The acronym ‘BAD’ clearly stood for Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Delhi.
- Tiwari, D. P., (2019). The great indian conspiracy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Blasts occurred in Delhi in three places in September 2008. They were traced to the doors of some Azamagarh-based radicalised groups that were reportedly involved in these blasts. It is well reported that when the police went to investigate the same in Batla House in Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, these terrorists killed one of the best special cell personnel. This Inspector, Mohan Chand Sharma, had an illustrious record to his credit of neutralising sleeper cells/ fake networks etc.
- Mani, R. V. S. (2018). The myth of Hindu terror: Insider account of Ministry of Home Affairs 2006-2010.
