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What, does the email sent out by the so-called Indian Mujahideen on the Ahmedabad blasts tell us about the terror strikes, the terrorists behind the blasts, the role of investigating agencies, and the possible involvement of Muslims? Kashif -ul-Huda, editor of news website Two Circles, asks these questions, and more, in Mint

Recent terror strikes in Bangalore and Ahmedabad point to the fact that anti-terrorism conferences, fatwas and community efforts are not working. One reason can be that a vast majority of Indian Muslims are not convinced the terrorists could be one of them. It is not a denial by Indian Muslims, but a failure on the part of the investigating agencies to produce convincing proof of who is behind these terror acts. The emails sent by the group calling itself Indian Mujahideen is our only way to guess who can be behind these attacks.

By the time you reach the warning on Page 7 of the email that bombs would explode in the next five minutes, it would have been too late. Of course, the aim was not to warn but to convincingly establish the fact that the author of the terror letter is the one who is responsible for the serial blasts in Ahmedabad. The letter, “The Rise of Jihad, Revenge of Gujarat”, was sent to various Indian media organizations a few minutes before the bomb blast.