The Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) , Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Tablig-e-Jamaat , Deendar Anjuman, and, Harkat-Ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) are some of the organisations behind creating mayhem in the South of India. Hyderabad and Bangalore are “soft and easy terror targets” as there are a number of vital defence research organisations, space institutions and major IT companies. “Economic disruption, ferreting intelligence on defence establishments and creating communal divide are the prime motives. Hyderabad has higher ISI-Jehadi penetration than Bangalore,” say intelligence sources.
In 1992: The first ISI killing masterminded by LeT was that of G Krishna Prasad, an additional superintendent of police, Hyderabad
In 1994: Bombs exploded on the AP Express and Madina Express trains in southern India. Soon after the blasts, it is believed the ISI agents responsible for it took shelter in Bangalore
Feb 14,1998: Coimbatore serial blasts killed over
60 and injured more than 200 persons, the biggest terrorist attack in the South; then Home Minister L K Advani escaped due to a delayed flight. PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Madhani from Kerala, an accused, was acquitted later
June, 2000: Bomb blasts rock churches at four places in Karnataka, including Bangalore.
Religious-terror outfit Deendar-Anjuman prime suspect. Around 30 persons facing trial. Judgement awaited
Oct 12, 2005: Two persons killed in an explosion at the Hyderabad city police task force office. A home guard also killed with extensive damage to the building
Dec 29, 2005: Retired professor emeritus in the mathematics department of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
C Puri killed and four serving scientists injured when an unidentified gunman opened fire indiscriminately on a group of scientists as they came out of a conference hall in the prestigious Indian Institute of Science campus in Bangalore. The LeT hand suspected
May 2007: A bomb exploded at the historic Mecca Masjid mosque in Hyderabad, killing 11 persons. The HUJI hand suspected
August 25, 2007: Bombs rip through crowded public areas in the city of Hyderabad, killing at least 30 people. HUJI & LeT suspected
