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E-mail warns suicide attack on Advani

Guwahati: Several local newspapers of Meghalaya on Wednesday received an e-mail purportedly sent by the Indian Mujahideen, threatening to carry out a suicide attack on senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani during his visit to Shillong on September 29.

Mr. Advani is scheduled to arrive here on September 28 to address a party rally and then proceed to Shillong on September 29. Meghalaya Chief Minister Donkupar Roy reviewed the security arrangements for Mr. Advani and all programme venues following the threat. Police claimed to have tracked down the cyber café from where the e-mail was sent. Introducing himself as field commander, north-east of Indian Mujahideen, Ali Hussain Badr, the sender warned: “We have vowed to kill Advani on his visit to Shillong on 29th of this September. We have already convened a meeting of field commanders…”

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