Death to keep terror alive: Hindu leaders’ murders show common pattern and motive

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

If
one
looks
at
the
probe
papers
closely,
it
becomes
clear
that
the
intention
is
to
spread
terror
and
panic
in
the
minds
of
the
Hindu
community.
The
motive
clearly
is
to
keep
the
Hindu
community
on
tenterhooks.

New
Delhi,
Aug
17:
The
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
has
found
a
similar
pattern
in
the
murders
of
several
Hindus
in
recent
times.
While
investigating
the
murder
of
Praveen
Nettare,
a
BJP
Yuva
Morcha
activist
in
Bellare
town
in
Karnataka’s
Dakshina
Kannada
district,
the
agency
found
that
the
primary
intention
was
to
create
terror
in
the
minds
of
the
Hindu
community.

A
similar
pattern
was
found
in
the
murders
of
Kanhaiya
Lal
in
Udaipur,
Umesh
Kolhe
in
Amaravati,
Rudresh
in
Bengaluru,
Harsha
in
Shivamogga.
While
at
first
it
was
made
to
look
that
the
sole
purpose
was
revenge,
the
probes
have
found
that
the
larger
goal
was
to
create
terror
in
the
minds
of
the
Hindu
community.

They
are
following
the
textbook
that
is
being
followed
against
the
Kashmiri
Pandits,
an
Intelligence
Bureau
official
told
OneIndia.
In
the
Nettare
case,
the
accused
Zakir
Savanur,
Sheik
Saddam,
Mohammad
Harris
and
Mohammad
Shafeeq
told
investigators
that
while
the
primary
reason
was
to
avenge
the
killing
of
Masood,
the
larger
goal
was
to
spread
panic
and
create
terror
in
the
minds
of
the
locals.

Foreign-funded
Islamist
hit
squads
on
a
mission
to
eliminate
Hindus

While
South
India
has
witnessed
plenty
of
such
cases,
there
have
been
similar
incidents
in
the
north
as
well.
In
Punjab
too,
the
NIA
had
found
that
Hindu
leaders
were
being
singled
out
and
targeted
by
the
ISI-backed
Khalistan
forces.

In
Gujarat
too,
the
agencies
had
busted
a
module
set
up
by
fugitive
underworld
don,
Dawood
Ibrahim
at
the
behest
of
the
ISI
to
target
Hindu
leaders.
The
NIA
also
busted
a
module
in
Mumbai
following
which
it
was
learnt
that
the
target
were
members
of
the
RSS
and
VHP.

South
India
has
reported
several
cases
relating
to
the
killing
and
targeting
of
Hindu
leaders.
In
2020,
the
NIA
raided
25
locations
in
South
India
in
connection
with
an
Islamic
State
case.

The
case
pertained
to
a
criminal
conspiracy
with
an
objective
of
murdering
Hindu
Leaders,
creating
communal
riots
and
to
do
anti-national
activities
by
forming
a
terrorist
gang,
being
inspired
by
ISIS,
a
proscribed
terrorist
organisation.

NIA’s
pan-India
raids
reveal
Islamic
State’s
targets
in
India
are
Hindus,
Hindu
temples

In
Jammu
and
Kashmir,
the
task
of
targeting
the
Pandits
has
been
handed
over
to
the
Lashkar-e-Tayiba’s
The
Resistence
Front.
There
has
been
a
rise
in
the
number
of
such
cases
and
only
this
week,
another
was
reported
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir.

If
one
looks
at
the
probe
papers
closely,
it
becomes
clear
that
the
intention
is
to
spread
terror
and
panic
in
the
minds
of
the
Hindu
community.
Be
it
Nettare,
Rudresh,
Harsha
and
many
others,
the
intention
is
clear
and
that
is
keep
the
Hindu
community
on
tenterhooks.