"We will first move the Human Rights Commission and then the Bombay High Court demanding an inquiry to be set-up in this matter as Pragya is being falsely implicated in this case," Jha said.

Thakur, a former ABVP office bearer, was picked up by the ATS.

'Terrorism compounded by illegal migration'

L K Advani on Friday said the problem of terrorism in Assam has been aggravated by illegal migration and asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh what steps his government had taken to protect states and citizens.

Describing yesterday's serial bomb blasts in the state as unprecedented, Advani said "I ask the prime minister, who is elected from Assam, what has his government done after the Supreme Court's landmark judgement on the IMDT Act indicting the Government of India for having colluded with external aggression".

Stating that he wanted POTA back, he told the media here, "Article 355 imposes on the Centre to protect states against external aggression. Has the government taken a single step to discharge its duties as outlined by the Supreme Court?

"The government only incorporated all those provisions in the struck down IMDT (Illegal Migrants Dermination by Tribunals) in the Foreigners Act, which the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional", he said after visiting the blast sites in Guwahati and meeting the injured in hospitals.

"I would also like to ask the PM what his response is to the mental state of the people of Assam. How is he going to meet the challenge of the citizens sense of insecurity and lack of security?" he asked.

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