NEW DELHI ( 2008-09-17 20:41:53 ) :India has long faced attacks from neighbour, but the involvement of home-grown Islamist groups is now adding a 'new dimension' to the problem, Prime Minister Manhoman Singh said on Wednesday.
Singh's comment is an explicit, high-level acknowledgement home-grown groups were now carrying out bombings in India, which has traditionally blamed Pakistan for violent attacks on its soil.
In recent months New Delhi has become more cautious about making allegations against Pakistan, and, instead has spoken of the complicity of home-grown Islamists in recent attacks, including a weekend bombing in New Delhi that killed 22 people.
"The role of Pakistan-based terrorist groups cannot be minimised but the involvement of local elements in recent blasts adds a new dimension to the terrorist threat," Singh told a meeting of governors of Indian states.
"We have reports that certain Pakistan-based terrorist outfits are constantly seeking to set up new terrorist modules within our country. This is a matter of utmost concern."
The Indian Mujahideen militant group, which says it carried out several major attacks in recent months to avenge "atrocities" against Muslims in India, said it was responsible for the bombs in New Delhi.
The group sent emails to media outlets denying the Indian government's initial claims that it was actually a front for Pakistan-based militant organisations.
Singh's comment is an explicit, high-level acknowledgement home-grown groups were now carrying out bombings in India, which has traditionally blamed Pakistan for violent attacks on its soil.
In recent months New Delhi has become more cautious about making allegations against Pakistan, and, instead has spoken of the complicity of home-grown Islamists in recent attacks, including a weekend bombing in New Delhi that killed 22 people.
"The role of Pakistan-based terrorist groups cannot be minimised but the involvement of local elements in recent blasts adds a new dimension to the terrorist threat," Singh told a meeting of governors of Indian states.
"We have reports that certain Pakistan-based terrorist outfits are constantly seeking to set up new terrorist modules within our country. This is a matter of utmost concern."
The Indian Mujahideen militant group, which says it carried out several major attacks in recent months to avenge "atrocities" against Muslims in India, said it was responsible for the bombs in New Delhi.
The group sent emails to media outlets denying the Indian government's initial claims that it was actually a front for Pakistan-based militant organisations.
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