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Indian bombings: 4 held
11/03/2006 11:13 - (SA)
Varanasi - Indian police have detained four men for questioning about bombings that killed 20 people at a temple and train station in Hinduism's holiest city, a top state official said on Saturday.
Two of them resembled the sketches of two suspects issued earlier by police, said Alok Sinha, a top Home Ministry official in Uttar Pradesh state. The other two, also picked up in the state on Friday night, were their acquaintances, he said.
Local residents alerted police after spotting the men in Hardoi, a town in Uttar Pradesh state nearly 335km southeast of New Delhi, said Sinha.
All the four are from neighboring Bihar state, said Sinha.
Meanwhile, about 150 Hindu and Muslim residents marched on Saturday through the streets of Varanasi, a city famed for its shrines on the banks of the Ganges River, shouting slogans against terrorism and urging Pakistan to foster friendship with India.
Kashmiri militant killed
"Pakistan, end terrorism from Kashmir to Kashi (Varanasi)," they chanted at the march organised by the Human Welfare Association, a non-governmental organisation that is involved in educating 1 700 poor children in Varanasi.
"The purpose of the rally is to preserve amity between Hindus and Muslims," said Rajni Kant, director of the association.
Naushaba, a Muslim counsellor who uses one name, said she participated in the march to promote peace in the city.
On Friday, a senior police official said a Kashmiri militant killed by officers in northern India hours after Tuesday's bombings was suspected of masterminding the attack on a temple and train station in Varanasi.
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