What Indian media says on Mumbai Attack.
The last days of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare were probably some of the busiest in his 26-year career in the Indian Police Service (IPS), and apparently tormented as well.
The ATS believed it had cracked the September 29 Malegaon bomb blast case, and about a month ago arrested Hindu extremists in a breakthrough that shocked the nation and added a new twist to the entire discourse on terror and religion.
But as the probe unravelled the alleged plot and the role of some Hindu leaders, the case got caught in the politics of terror and the ATS was at the centre of charges that it was being used as a tool to target the Sangh Parivar amid allegations of illegal detention and torture by some of the 11 arrested for the blast.
The BJP, RSS and VHP leaders, among others from the Hindu nationalist brigade, accused the ATS of being on a witch-hunt, with some even demanding that ATS officers be subjected to a narco-analysis to establish their motives.
No less a leader than the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, L K Advani, had demanded a change in the ATS team and a judicial inquiry into the torture allegations made by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key suspect in the Malegaon case.
The Shiv Sena too had come out in support of the suspects and on Wednesday had threatened in its mouthpiece Saamna that it would publish the names of some ATS officers and shame them as it said they had tortured the Malegaon suspects.
Karkare's own Words
That Karkare was affected by this was apparent when we met at his office on Tuesday to get an update on the probe, less than 36 hours before he was killed. The Indian Express has decided to break the confidence of what was an off-the-record conversation in an attempt to highlight the anguish of the investigators over the currents in which the Malegaon probe was getting caught as well as the larger debate over the politics of terror.
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I don't know why this case has become so political," was one of Karkare's first comments. "
The pressure is tremendous and I am wondering how to extricate it from all the politics."
Was the pressure telling on the investigation, what with someone who could be the next prime minister of the country questioning the credibility of the ATS?
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Of course," was the answer. "
We are being very very careful. In fact, when we want to question a suspect and if he or she has any Hindutvawadi connections, we make sure once, twice, thrice, that we have enough reason and evidence to even question. Normally it is not like that. We are able to freely question anyone we suspect."
His last visuals as seen on TV showed him working with his men near the VT station, the target of one of the attacks, although it is perplexing at this point in time why such a senior officer ended up getting exposed to a brazen terrorist attack. Initially, he was shown wearing a shoddy helmet normally seen used by constables during riots. A little later, a policeman lowers a flimsy bulletproof vest over his shoulders, one that was obviously of little protection when those fatal shots were fired at him.
The previous evening, hours after our meeting, TV channels had breaking news that he had received a fresh death threat from some unidentified caller, apparently in connection with the Malegaon probe. An Indian Express reporter SMSed him asking him if this was true or if he had anything to say. His reply: just a smiley.
Source: Indian Express
Karkares response to a death threat: A 'smiley'
For sure source is reliable for Indians. Since its not a Pakistani propaganda which shows the real face of five Indian hindu-extremist who have a solid place in Indian Political scene and what they made Karkare face when he was about to revail and un-ravel their underground terrorist network.
My point is would it be Sensible to say that Pakistan or its extremist elements (as per India) has setup the whole stage and Indian extremists or under-cover terrorists teamed up with them to target one man and kill 160 other of their country? When all the debry is to be thrown over Pakistan!! Would Pakistani elements agree to take all the blame if it was so ??
Or It was the other simple and logical story where Hindu extremist elements made a fake terror attack and got their way paved and then threw all the dirt on Pakistan !!
Two birds with a Single Shot!!
Resulting in:
1- End of Political Dialogues and peace process (which of course they dint like much)
2- Pakistan defamed worldwide.
3- Hatred in hearts of Indian citizens against Pakistan.
4- Another excuse to support more fund allocations for weapons.
5- Excuse to affect alienate Paksitan diplomatically in the world.
6- Effect the American aid in weapons to Pakistan for WOT (the real pain).
7- Excuse to Raise concers over Pakistan as a nuclear threat to India.
8- Excuse to start a media war on Pakistan and its nuclear assets since they would have been avoided if peace process had resumed.
9- Excuse for forming an Agressive strategy against Pakistan's defence deals.
Last but not the Least, If peace process had continued there was a probability for a solution for Kashmir to come up which might be a little or more compromise from India and thats also what was undesired and uncalled for them(Extremists).
And if Pakistan had to do this, What Pakistan would have gained !!!
A bad name by killing a few ordinary citizens and a little more glue to stick the title of terrorists more firmly on its place!!!!!!!!!
Its not about blaming each other which we have already done over a 100 times.
The point is that behind every political or criminal activity there is some one to benefit and it is always carved to throw the debris on some one else. And in this case Pakistan was an easy and obvious target.
