Summary:
he priest, Vishwambhar Nath Mishra, of Sankat Mochan temple in Varanasi received a letter on Monday via post threatening to blow up the temple. Varanasi was rocked by serial blasts at Sankat Mochan temple and railway station on March 7, 2006VARANASI: T.
“In the letter, the senders introduced themselves as members of the gang of some Shahabuddin, and claimed to have carried out blasts previously,” Mishra said, adding they also claimed the gang owned weapons like AK-47 rifles. The matter was immediately reported to the Lanka police and the letter was handed over to themollowing the threat, police swung into action and lau- nched a massive checking dri- ve at temple premises, ghats, places of public gathering and other sensitive sites in the city in view of Babri Masjid demolition anniversary on Thursday..