The following letter in the nation lists four incidents where Pakistan was initially accused of complicity but later this proved inaccurate (perhaps others can add more; might it be possible to make a stick of a similar thread):
One must remind Mr Gates of four major incidents of terror for which Pakistan was initially blamed but the later investigations revealed that forces within India itself were to be blamed for these attacks. (1) After the September 29, 2008 synchronized bomb attacks in Malegaon (Maharashtra) and Madosa (Gujarat), that killed 5 and injured 80, the blame was put on ISI. Later when 11 people were arrested, including a Hindu Sadhu named Dayanand Pandey and another Sadhu Pragya Singh Thakur. The interrogations revealed that they were doing these acts of terror at the express instructions of a retired Major of the Indian Army, Samir Kulkarni and Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Prohit of Indias Military Intelligence. Further investigations established that RSS, VHP, World Hindu Council, BJP, Abhinav Bharat were behind this entire racket.
(2) Colonel Srikant Prohit was also involved in the February 17, 2007 Samjhota Express bombing in which 68, mostly Pakistanis, were killed and 200 injured. Initially the blame was put on ISI but the Malegaon-Madosa bombings inquiry exposed the Prohit-led racket and turned the tide. (3) In April 2006, the Nanded explosion killed two Shiv Sena activists, the blame of which was put on Pakistan again but investigations provided evidence of extensive involvement of retired Indian military and Intelligence Bureau personnel. (4) Similarly in December 13, 2001 attack on Indian Parliament case, the Indian Supreme Court, in its August 3, 2004 pronouncement, set aside the charges of Pakistans involvement. Mr. Robert Gates should know that if any such attack does, indeed, take place again, India itself would be the most likely culprit because raising the bogey of terrorism against Pakistan has paid rich diplomatic dividends to India. -F. Z. KHAN, Islamabad, January 21.
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One must remind Mr Gates of four major incidents of terror for which Pakistan was initially blamed but the later investigations revealed that forces within India itself were to be blamed for these attacks. (1) After the September 29, 2008 synchronized bomb attacks in Malegaon (Maharashtra) and Madosa (Gujarat), that killed 5 and injured 80, the blame was put on ISI. Later when 11 people were arrested, including a Hindu Sadhu named Dayanand Pandey and another Sadhu Pragya Singh Thakur. The interrogations revealed that they were doing these acts of terror at the express instructions of a retired Major of the Indian Army, Samir Kulkarni and Lieutenant Colonel Srikant Prohit of Indias Military Intelligence. Further investigations established that RSS, VHP, World Hindu Council, BJP, Abhinav Bharat were behind this entire racket.
(2) Colonel Srikant Prohit was also involved in the February 17, 2007 Samjhota Express bombing in which 68, mostly Pakistanis, were killed and 200 injured. Initially the blame was put on ISI but the Malegaon-Madosa bombings inquiry exposed the Prohit-led racket and turned the tide. (3) In April 2006, the Nanded explosion killed two Shiv Sena activists, the blame of which was put on Pakistan again but investigations provided evidence of extensive involvement of retired Indian military and Intelligence Bureau personnel. (4) Similarly in December 13, 2001 attack on Indian Parliament case, the Indian Supreme Court, in its August 3, 2004 pronouncement, set aside the charges of Pakistans involvement. Mr. Robert Gates should know that if any such attack does, indeed, take place again, India itself would be the most likely culprit because raising the bogey of terrorism against Pakistan has paid rich diplomatic dividends to India. -F. Z. KHAN, Islamabad, January 21.
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