Uttarakhand police is still groping in the dark over the death of 12-year old Tushar Dhiman in a bomb blast in Roorkee on December 6 last year. Meanwhile, police and intelligence staff have been put on alert in Haridwar and other parts of the State in view of the forthcoming Babri mosque demolition anniversary slated on December 6. The State Government is extra alert in view of the Union home ministry having issued advisory to Uttarakhand Government asking for more vigilance this time.
Haridwar SSP Senthil Akdai Krishna Raj S said that following the direction of the State senior police officers, several teams have been formed and deployed along the inter-state border areas to conduct vehicle checking drives. “Some teams have been deployed in the busy market areas and other sensitive places too. They all have been directed to be alert and vigilant in their respective areas,” he added.
However, the Roorkee blast case that killed a 12-year-old boy last year on the day of Babri Masjid demolition anniversary has failed to make headway despite nearly one year having passed since the incident occurred. The blast triggering scare across the State, teams from National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Special Task Forces from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand had visited the blast site and collected evidences. NIA teams have not submitted their investigation reports to Uttarakhand police as yet.
Another police officer said that district police have not received any concrete evidence regarding the case. However, they are working hard to crack the case, he said. It should be mentioned here that a 12-year- old Tushar Dhiman had died after a bomb had exploded under Gangnahar police station limit in Roorkee, around 50 metres away from DAV (PG) College, Roorkee. Significantly, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) was holding a meeting to mark the anniversary of Babri mosque demolition (observed as Shaurya Diwas) near the place where the blast occurred. The boy on his way back home from school picked something up, taking it for a ball, near a petrol pump at Nehru Nagar. It later exploded, killing him on the spot.