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The tech-savvy Indian Mujahideen (IM), responsible for the serial blasts across the country, had a fan club on the popular social networking site Orkut. But just two days after two state police forces claimed to have found the IM hand in serial blasts, Orkut scrapped the fan club.

The fan club site carried a message asking its members to support the activities of the IM and added that these activities were meant for the benefit of a certain community. Indian Mujahideen sympathisers posted anti-India messages at this site.

Orkut has also banned the IM account on its website that was created on July 31 this year in Bandipur, Jammu and Kashmir, by one Ummar.

Anti-India comments

Officials said that the site was closed due to the large number of anti-India comments that it contained. "The community was created recently and there were a large number of members who were using fake names. Following the blasts, there were lots of anti-national views shared in the community. The members were all fake and were terming the activities of the terrorists as  noble deeds. This is why the community was banned," said an official from Google.

Condemns illegal activities

When contacted, a spokesperson from Google  said that the two communities had been closed because of their anti-India contents. "Google strongly condemns illegal activities and those which encourage terrorism. Such communities profiled on the site  violate our terms and conditions," said the spokesperson.

The spokesperson added that usually users reported about such communities and after a certain number of reports were received, Google reviewed the community and then took appropriate action.

Meanwhile, other communities identifying themselves as those against terrorist organizations, continue to thrive in the networking site.  "We treat requests from law enforcement agencies coming in through appropriate legal channels with priority and take effective action," the Google spokesperson added.