As the readers may have already heard a lot of news floating about these days on Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare who was investigating the September 29 blast in Malegaon, and was murdered at a cruicial stage in his investigation. Incidentally, the Pune ATS on November 26 reportedly received phone calls threatening to blow up the residence of Karkare “within a couple of days.
Karkare became the head of ATS in January 2008 following his return to the state after serving seven years in Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in Austria. Karkare had successfully solved the serial bomb blasts in Thane, Vashi and Panvel and was also investigating the Malegaon blasts. During his investiogation Karkare had concluded that radical Hindu terrorists backed by some “important†people in the govt, mainly from RSS Sangh and BJP were to be blamed for bombings in the Muslim-dominated Malegaon town. Examples of some of the names mentioned are Indresh Kumar and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.
During an interview, Karkare (pictured above)admitted to the fact that India was now dealing with the “Hindu bombsâ€.
Initially there were three different charge sheets filed in the case (two by the ATS and one by the CBI); the sinister role of the central investigation agency, CBI, in ignoring shocking conclusions found by the ATS investigation and in actually exonerating the accused not only became clear. The media too ignored this exposure until the recent Malegaon revelations by Karkare’s investogation.
RSS, BJP, ABVP’s Involvement
Some other names that came out were a Sadhvi Pragnya (well known and popularly used on the campaign trail. She was popular for her poisonous use of words), with connections to the ABVP (student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party) and the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) itself. There is also evidence of a thickly veiled but clear operational nexus between all these organisations, financial and ideological support for their actions. These links operated almost as if with the knowledge that impunity from prosecution and sentence was their birthright and more.
Army and Intelligence Officers involved
Two most important and dangerous trends, revealed by the Nanded investigations and reconfirmed now with the Malegaon probe, were regarding the involvement of both serving and retired officers of Indian intelligence and the army in training outfits that are ideologically opposed to the Indian constitution. According to the information, these officers were involved in the making of bombs, in generating terror and in spreading bitter communal poison.
Indian Army Controlled Chemicals in the wrong hands
While Indian politicians have always jumped up and down about Pakistan’s controlled chemicals getting into the wrong hands, Malegaon investigations revealed a very frightening fact. The leakage and consequent availability of highly controlled and dangerous substances like the RDX into the market place for easy use by any outfits that wish to make a career out of bomb making.
RDX is available only to the Indian army. There have been reported cases of RDX leakages in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and. Gelatine sticks and ammonium nitrate, volatile substances used in the making of bombs in many instances, are carefully controlled in law, and should be very easy to trace. This has not been done for blasts on the Samjhauta Express, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Thane or Panvel, and Indian govt has neglected the use of these chemicals be it within India, or when used against Pakistan, and within Pakistan.
Overall, the Maharashtra ATS has charged 11 people, including Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and a serving Indian Army officer, Lt. Col. Shrikant Prasad Purohit in connection with the Malegaon blasts Sep 8, 2006 which killed 37 people and injured over 125.
Indian Minority Affairs Minister resigns for merely mentioning the truth:
India’s Minority Affairs Minister Abdul Rahman Antulay (pictured below) has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid controversy over his remarks on the death of a top police officer during the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
This resignation has resulted from merely mentioning that Karkare’s murder could be linked to Malegaon investigation. He told the journalists that Karkare knew many things which were not meant to be known about the Malegaon blasts and that this might have gone against him. Antulay, 79 was quoted by the IANS news agency in the Parliament on Wednesday “Superficially speaking they (terrorists) had no reason to kill Karkare. Whether he was a victim of terrorism or terrorism plus something I do not know” .
Most opposition parties have come down very heavy handed on Abdul Rahman. Apparently his remarks caused uproar in Parliament, with opposition parties demanding his removal. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party said the comments had weakened India’s position on the Mumbai attacks which Delhi blames on Pakistani militants. Please refer to my words above that this is the same party who was directly being named by Karkare’s investigation results. Even his own Congress party that heads the ruling United Progressive Alliance has said they were only his “personal views” and did not represent the views of Congress party.
Antulay’s resignation does add extra headache to Congress though, as the Lok Sabha elections are nearing and the minority vote banks will be affected.
The government who has allowed these Hindu terrorists to grow, by supplying them controlled chemicals used for bomb making and keeping a blind eye to the atrocities committed by RSS Sangh, BJP and the likes against the Indian minorities and across the border, seems to be deeply embarrassed as this story unfolds further, while they force a war on Pakistan to save their faces !!!
First it was Baitullah Mehsud, than came Rehman Dakait- now Ali Sher Hyderi, Sipah-e-Sahaba’s Chief is reportedly killed in Khairpur. It is worthy to mention that some part of the government circles identfied Sipah-e-sahaba to be behind Gojra Riots. Hyderi was the head of a religious outfit, Millat-e-Islamia and patron-in-chief of Jamia Hydri.
Punjab police has arrested an Indian Agent in Lahore today, in connection with a bomb blast that occured yesterday in GOR-II area. Various documents including ID cards and visa documents have been recovered. Besides, the agent has also said that there are 3 more of such spies present is Pakistan, ready to conduct their evil operations.
