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FAIZABAD, INDIA, 28 May, 2001: A prominent Hindu leader, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, and four others were injured in a bomb attack in the northern Indian town of Faizabad. Das was attacked while on his way to bathe in a nearby river. His condition is not said to be serious. He is a member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and is one of the leaders of a group that has pledged to build a temple on the ruins of Babri Masjid in the town of Ayodhya.