Kanpur train derailment: Understanding Modi's 'conspiracy' remark

Vicky Nanjappa explains what the prime minister meant when he was addressing a rally in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an important remark when he said that the Kanpur train accident was a conspiracy hatched across the border. The remark came as a surprise since it was made when investigations are still pending. Investigators suspect that the Kanpur train accident was a case of sabotage and the handiwork of the Inter-Services Intelligence.

The National Investigation Agency which is probing the case has not yet found any concrete link to term the accident a sabotage. However, the NIA has found a direct link to the ISI in the Ghorasahan case in Bihar where a bomb was found on the track.

NIA officials who questioned the main accused Shamshul Huda in Nepal have found that he was linked to the Bihar incident. However Huda denied having anything to do with the Kanpur incident of December in which 150 people were killed.

NIA officials say that in the Kanpur case no evidence has been found as yet. However the probe is still on and we have not concluded the same. Intelligence Bureau officials say that Huda is well connected in Delhi, Kanpur and Patna. He runs his network from Nepal and controls these areas through his men, the IB official also said. Modi's remarks are interesting as he announced the Pakistan link before the investigators did. There must be something more the prime minister knows that most of us. One the speech was made in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh which is very close to the Nepal border.

In the past there have been several instances of operatives from Nepal landing in Gonda to carry out criminal activities. Intelligence Bureau officials have very often said that there are some leaders in the area who are hand in glove with operatives from Nepal. In this context the PM wanted to send a message across to such persons and also those living across the border. He clearly said in his speech, "If such people, who will help conspirators get elected from here, will Gonda be safe? Will the nation be safe?"

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