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== Initial hypotheses about the perpetrators and motives == | == Initial hypotheses about the perpetrators and motives == | ||
[[Image:2008 12 Osho center, Pune, India.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The bomb exploded 200 metres from the Osho ashram's main gate.]] | [[Image:2008 12 Osho center, Pune, India.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The bomb exploded 200 metres from the Osho ashram's main gate.]] | ||
On 14 February, the Indian [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] [[P. Chidambaram]] stated that responsibility for the blast had not yet been determined, but that Indian authorities were making attempts to interview [[David Headley]],<ref name="nytindiapursues">{{cite news|title=India Pursues Terror Link After Bomb Blast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/world/asia/15india.html |author=Vikas Bajaj and Jim Yardley |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 February 2010 |access-date=16 February 2010 |archive-url=https:// | On 14 February, the Indian [[Minister for Home Affairs (India)|Home Minister]] [[P. Chidambaram]] stated that responsibility for the blast had not yet been determined, but that Indian authorities were making attempts to interview [[David Headley]],<ref name="nytindiapursues">{{cite news|title=India Pursues Terror Link After Bomb Blast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/world/asia/15india.html |author=Vikas Bajaj and Jim Yardley |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 February 2010 |access-date=16 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217055750/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/world/asia/15india.html |archive-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> a Pakistani-American businessman, accused of involvement with terrorism who was then undergoing trial in the United States.<ref name="express20091109">{{cite news |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/headley-travelled-to-india-nine-times-on-business-visa/539044/|title=Headley travelled to India nine times on business visa |date=9 November 2009 |work=The Indian Express }}</ref><ref name="reuters20091027">{{cite news|url =https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS184911+27-Oct-2009+PRN20091027|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20091106170946/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS184911+27-Oct-2009+PRN20091027|url-status =dead|archive-date =6 November 2009|title = Two Chicago Men Charged in Connection With Alleged Roles in Foreign Terror Plot |date = 27 October 2009|author=PR Newswire-US Newswire|work=Reuters}}</ref> In connection with the bomb blast, the Indian [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)#Senior administrative officers|Home Secretary]], [[Gopal Krishna Pillai|G. K. Pillai]] also referred to Headley.<ref name="reuters_pillai_headley">{{cite news|first=Rituparna |last=Bhowmik |title=Eight die in India's first big attack since Mumbai |date=13 February 2010 |newspaper=[[Thomson Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61C1MP20100213 |access-date=30 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215104340/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61C1MP20100213 |archive-date=15 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> News organisations have reported that Headley had visited Pune in July 2008 and March 2009 to [[reconnaissance|scout]] the area near the blast and described him as a suspected member of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]],<ref name="ht"/><ref name="TOI_Headley">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-15/india/28136045_1_pune-blast-police-commissioner-satyapal-singh-osho-ashram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035616/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-15/india/28136045_1_pune-blast-police-commissioner-satyapal-singh-osho-ashram|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Pune blast may be execution of Headley's plan|access-date=14 February 2010|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 February 2010}}</ref> one of the largest and most active South Asian [[Islamist]] terrorist organisations. G. K. Pillai also said that the attack could be part of a project by Lashkar-e-Taiba to use the [[Indian Mujahideen]] in what Headley apparently called the 'Karachi project' during his interrogation by the U.S. [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI).<ref name="TOI_LeT_IM_claim">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-16/india/28135005_1_pune-blast-headley-link-osho-ashram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035932/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-16/india/28135005_1_pune-blast-headley-link-osho-ashram|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Pune blast connected to Headley: Govt|date=16 February 2010|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=New Delhi}}</ref> | ||
The attack occurred just a few days after an agreement was reached between India and Pakistan to resume dialogue at a meeting on 25 February in New Delhi.<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/02/2010213155016855188.html|title=Many dead in India bomb attack|date=14 February 2010}}</ref> The incident added to the government's vulnerability, with the opposition asking for suspension of the bilateral talks.<ref name="ectim"/> | The attack occurred just a few days after an agreement was reached between India and Pakistan to resume dialogue at a meeting on 25 February in New Delhi.<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/02/2010213155016855188.html|title=Many dead in India bomb attack|date=14 February 2010}}</ref> The incident added to the government's vulnerability, with the opposition asking for suspension of the bilateral talks.<ref name="ectim"/> | ||
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[[Category:2010s in Maharashtra]] | [[Category:2010s in Maharashtra]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2010 murders in India]] | ||
[[Category:2010s trials]] | [[Category:2010s trials]] | ||
[[Category:21st-century mass murder in India]] | [[Category:21st-century mass murder in India]] | ||