Karnataka Congress Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan questions timing of Delhi Red Fort Metro blast a day ahead of Bihar polls, says 'terrorists can't be Muslims'
As the probe over the Delhi Red Fort blast intensifies, Karnataka Minority Affairs Minister, B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, raised "doubts" over the incident, questioning the timing of the blast a day ahead of the Bihar polls. The minister said, "Terrorists can't be Muslims."
Talking to reporters at Bengaluru, the Congress leader said Union Home Minister Amit Shah should provide answers for doubts over the blast in the national capital. Questioning the timing of the blast, Khan said, "The car blast should not have happened. The bomb blast happened on November 10, and there were elections in Bihar on November 11..."
"There are some questions about the car blast case. Bihar elections were held on November 11. The blast happened a day before. How is that?" Kannada Prabha reported the Congress minister as saying. Khan also said that there are speculations that the accused in the Delhi blast case had "political connections".
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When asked whether the minister had any doubts about the motive behind the blast, Minister Khan said, "I have no doubt about the blast. But I am asking this question." The minority affairs minister also said, "Terrorism is not allowed in Islam. Therefore, terrorists cannot be Muslims."
As many as 13 people were injured in the tragic blast near Delhi's Red Fort metro station on Monday evening. Over 20 people suffered serious injuries in the blast. The incident came hours after security agencies uncovered a "white-collar terror module", allegedly linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, in Jammu and Kashmir, Faridabad and Haryana. Eight people, including three doctors associated with Al-Falah University in Faridabad, were arrested in the case, and over 3 tonnes of explosives and ammunition were recovered during raids.