Delhi blast: Fourth email surfaces, warns of terror attack in Ahmedabad

NEW DELHI: It's "Chotoo" again from Indian Mujahideen with a fresh mail after the Delhi high court blast warning that the next attack would be at a crowded place in Ahmedabad.

The mail sent to media houses in Delhi and Mumbai also claimed that the third mail sent from killindian@yahoo.com had been deciphered correctly that Indian Mujahideen will be carrying out another attack in Ahmedabad.

It says: "Namaste media bhayyon. Third mail apko mila wo hamari taraf se hi bheji gayi thi (The third mail was sent by us)".

The fresh email was sent from the same gmail id "chotoominani5@gmail.com" this evening at 6:39pm from which an electronic message was received on Thursday.

It claimed that Indian Mujahideen had done the high court blast after a lot of consideration and also challenged National Investigation Agency and Delhi Police to trace the mails.

The mail, signed by it also claimed that the third email received by Delhi Police headquarters was "correct and updated".

On Thursday, a mail was received by media houses in Mumbai and Delhi purportedly written by "Chotoo" of Indian Mujahideen who claimed responsibility for the Delhi blast and warned that another blast will take place at a shopping mall.

The mail sent from "chotoominani5@gmail.com" was received at 12:37pm claiming that Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami had no role to play in the blasts and it was done by the Indian Mujahideen.

Earlier, Delhi Police received a third email reported to have been sent by Indian Mujahideen claiming responsibility for Wednesday's blast outside the high court and also with a warning to the government of another attack. The third email, traced to a server in Moscow, had warned of a "cruel" attack in Ahmedabad.

Sources said the mail was sent to Delhi Police's official email ID on Thursday night. The sender has reported to have identified himself as Ali Saed El-Hoorie and sent the mail from the ID kill.india@yahoo.com.

"This is to inform you that the India Mujahideen claims the terror attack on Delhi High Court. I just want you to pass a message to the Indian Government that next blast will be so cruel that you people won't be able to forget it for decay (sic)," the email read, according to the sources.

The first mail was received two hours after the blast and the Internet Protocol address was traced to Kishtawar in Jammu region. A person, suspected of sending the email, has been taken in for questioning in Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir.

The second mail was received by media houses on Thursday in Delhi and Mumbai claiming that the blast were carried out by Indian Mujahideen. This mail has been traced to Kolkata.

With the government making it clear that all mails were being treated seriously, the investigators were at present busy tracking the senders of the mails.