Udupi: UP Youth Caught Digging Uchila Mosque Premises to Plant Bomb
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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (GA)
Udupi, Dec 4: A Uttar Pradesh youth was arrested while trying to dig the premises of Sayyad Arabi mosque near Uchila here in the small hours of Thursday December 4. The arrested reportedly later said that he was digging the grounds to plant a bomb inside the mosque.
The arrested has been identified as Uday (Buddage) (22) alias Mohan, a native of Uttar Pradesh. He was caught while digging the frontal portion of the mosque around 2 am on Thursday. Though initially he said that he was digging the ground to install a Lord Ganesha idol, later he disclosed that he wanted to plant a bomb within the mosque premises. It is said that there were three more persons with him, who fled the place, as soon as the locals came to the spot.
The incident came to light when a nearby resident Yousuf heard the sound of digging around 2 am on Thursday. When he spotted a person digging the mosque premises, he passed on the message to a few more nearby residents. When they came to the spot, three persons who were with Uday fled the place while Uday was caught. While one of the persons who fled the place is identified as Arjun, the others are yet to be identified.
During the initial interrogation, Uday said that he had been directed by Arjun to plant bomb within the mosque premises. He also gave the mobile number of Arjun. But when police called the number, it was switched off.
Some sources claimed that Uday has lost control over his senses and is mentally unstable. But this opinion too cannot be taken as truth, since he had jumped over two gates before reaching the mosque premises. He had a spade with him. If he was a mentally unstable person, he would have come during the broad daylight itself, instead of coming the midnight, said a local while speaking to this correspondent. While the exact motive behind this 'bomb' incident is yet to be ascertained, some are of the opinion that the foursome might have been digging to unearth some hidden treasure.
While this incident happened in the night, locals found that the ground was dug and then closed near the rear entry of the mosque. Immediately sniffer dogs, finger print experts and metal dectors squads were summoned the place. But nothing suspicious was found. At the same time no explosives have either been confiscated from Uday.
Padubidri police have taken Uday into their custody. The mosque situated in Bhaskar Nagar near Uchila has now been provided with heavy security. Since the news regarding bomb scare spread fast in the area, people have been thronging the place in large number. But the situation is under complete control after police and local leaders of both the communities took initiative in keeping things calm.
Udupi ASP M N Nagaraj, Karkala DySP Santhosh Kumar, Padubidri PSI Mohan Kottari, Kaup PSI Joy Anthony and others visited the place. Meanwhile the locals have appealed the administration to provide all the mosques with security. The incident has indeed scared the locals.
On the other hand KFD is said to have organized a protest at Uchila on Thursday afternoon in this regard.
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