Bangalore Muslim families shocked by Indian doctors connection in UK terror plot

The news of involvement of two Indian doctors in UKs terror plot has sent shock waves through middle class Muslim families.

By K G Vasuki

Bangalore, July 6 : The news of involvement of two Indian doctors in UK's terror plot has sent shock waves through middle class Muslim families.

Dr. Mohammed Haneef, 27, and Dr. Sabeel Ahmed, 26 were arrested in connection with the London car bomb plot. Both doctors hail from Bangalore and were close friends.

Talking to media Afsar, one of the neighbours of Ahmed, who was detained in Liverpool, says he is shocked and feels that community was targeted.

For another Afsar, a friend of Ahmed, it was a shock and doesn't believe that his friend was involved in the crime.

Even though Ahmed's family did not come out, a kind of shock and fear gripped the locality.

The Mosque near the house of Ahmed has become a hotspot for discussion.

Sher Mohammed Ulla, a member of the Masjid and a friend of the family, said: "It further isolates the community. This incident certainly affects the Muslim community".

According to State Police Intelligence sources, the banned fundamental organisations are active for quite some time in Bangalore and they quote the recent attack on Indian Institute of Science.

The police off the record accept that the ISI and Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) were active in coastal Karnataka.

Even though the police are not making any comment, they have started looking into threads and links after getting clearance from the Union Government on UK terror plot and the involvement of doctors. They are also looking at the presence of Al Qaeda in Bangalore.

Meanwhile, the DCP (Crime) Ravikanthe Gowda visited the house of Ahmed but refused to comment on the progress on the investigation.

However, a prominent Muslim leader and Secretary of Anjuman Khudamul Muslim, an organisation of influence among Muslims in Bangalore, Masood Abdul Khadir finds that the involvement of these doctors further isolates the community.

ANI