India has blamed Pakistan for posting threatening messages on the Internet that triggered a mass exodus from Bangalore and Mumbai by migrants fleeing to their homes in the northeast.
“Our agencies have discovered that bulk of these messages have been uploaded on various websites in Pakistan,” Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters on Saturday.
“This is a first of its kind and we believe that it is highly reprehensible.”
The exodus was sparked by threats sent via mobile phones and the Internet that people from northeastern Assam state would be attacked by Muslims after the end of the holy month of Ramadan in reprisal for recent ethnic violence.
Local media reports estimated that over 35,000 people have fled the cities of Bangalore and Mumbai in recent days.
Extra trains were arranged to accommodate panicked students and workers.
Three weeks of clashes in remote Assam between members of the Bodo tribal community and Muslims have claimed at least 80 lives and displaced more than 400,000 people.
Singh said India would register a formal protest with Pakistan.
“We will raise this issue with Pakistan… I am certain that they will deny out of hand but our technical people are definite,” he said.
India has banned bulk text messages temporarily to try to halt the spread of threats and incendiary rumours. Police in southern city of Bangalore have also arrested three people for spreading images and video clips across India.
The images of atrocities allegedly on Muslims sparked tension and people hailing from the northeast were attacked in western and southern cities.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said those who were fanning the rumours should be punished, saying “communal harmony” was at stake.
India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence in 1947, two of them over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which is divided by a heavily militarised Line of Control and which both countries claim in full.
Last year they resumed their tentative peace process, which collapsed after Islamist gunmen from Pakistan killed 166 people in Mumbai in November 2008.
Next they will blame their population explosion on Pakistan.This 'aman ki asha fraud' is exposed daily by some Indian.
indians never cease to amaze me with their stupidity. these allegations only hurt themselves and their credibility
It is based on th IP addresses from which those morphed images were sent. It is not based on hear say.
If Indian allegations based on facts amaze you so much, I think you should have died of shock when your uncle, Osama Bin Laden , was found making babies in the backyard of your army cantonment.!!!!!!! Remember It is not only India, it is Afganistan and Iran as well who have repeatedly said about Pakistan sending terrorists into their territories. Pakistanis have been rounded up all over the world with allegations of terrorism. I hope you remember Afia Siddique and Shehzad.
It is only your wretchedness and wicked mentality which is responsible for so much trouble you are giving to the world. You need not to worry about India`s credibility. You are trying to harm India but India is getting stronger and you are getting weaker. I dont want your to disintegrate, but live like a sick man and die by inches. Your violent mentality and overcleverness will make sure it happens.
What an oaf!
One needs to have lot of talent and skills to be creative. But anyone can indulge in destructive activity without any efforts. It is very much easier to kill a person as a gang and escape the charge of murder! It is unfortunate that anything done against a Muslim is viewed as a threat to islam and all people react that way. Knowing the mentality of Muslim community, the political parties indulge in all sorts of promises to get their votes. How a community will be able to put up a positively image about themselves when they are continuously shown on the wrong side of civilization. There could be few black sheeps in any community. It is the responsibility of rulers to weed out these people so that peace is maintained.
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