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Indian minister announces Rs 510m for cartoonists death
 Haji Yaqoob Qureshi, Indian minister from UP, has announced a bounty worth 510 million rupees on the head of the Danish cartoonist responsible for offensive caricatures and warned the United States of America of suicide plane attacks akin to 9/11. According to Hindustan Times, at a rally in Meerut on Friday the minister announced a huge award for anyone who killed the Danish cartoonist. The Muslim clerics in Lucknow, who plan to hold a huge rally in Lucknow on Sunday, called upon the community to boycott US and European products in protest against the cartoons. The clerics said the money flowing to these countries from India was being used against Islam.Lambasting the US, the minister said that not one, two or three but hundred planes would be blasted against them. The planes will explode in every hour and minute there. The minister told Hindustan Times on phone that the people of Meerut would weigh the assassin of the cartoonist with gold and give Indian rupees 510 million. People of Meerut will contribute to collect this amount, said the minister. Reacting to the ministers insinuation, principal secretary (Home) Alok Sinha said Quereshi had been expressing the sentiments of the people of Meerut. He said it did not constitute any criminal offence. Indian opposition led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called for Yaqoobs arrest. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-19 |
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