Filed under: Cynthia Chandran | Tags: ATS, Malegaon bomb blast case, Narendra Modi, test, tortured
The whole of the country and people elsewhere in the World were shocked to know the tragic death of Maharashtra Anti- Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief, Hemant Karkare to terrorist’s bullets on 26/11 attacks. This brave police officer was in the news for all the wrong reasons since the last week.
In the Malegaon bomb blast case, ATS had arrested some Hindu leaders alleging that they had masterminded the attack. The case got embroiled in politics and Hemant Karkare was under the centre of charges that it was being used as a tool to target the Hindu movement, Sangh Parivar.
The main opposition party BJP, Bharathiya Janatha Party and the other hard core Hindu movements like RSS (Rashtriya Swayam Sevak) and the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad)alleged that ATS had illegally detained 11 Hindus and they had tortured them to admit their crime.
Majority of the Hindu leaders from different organisations demanded that Hemant Karkare and other officers should undergo narco analysis test, so that their ulterior motives can be revealed.
As far as I know, Hemant Karkare had no political inclinations towards any party and was always unbiased.
Bharathiya Janatha Party’s Prime Ministerial candidate and the opposition leader in the parliament, L.K.Advani had demanded a change in the ATS team along with a judicial inquiry. Advani had alleged that Sadhvi Pragya Singh, a key suspect in the Malegaon bomb blast case was tortured while she was in custody.
And it was ironic that the same Advani was speaking to the live television networks so well about Hemant Karkare, when he had laid his life for the country. Advani could be heard questioning the credibility of the ATS, when it indeed had done a good job in bringing out the ulterior motives of the Malegaon blasts.
Bravo
I felt all the more pride when I came to know that Mrs.Karkare declined Narendra Modi’s, (Gujarat Chief Minister) offer of one billion rupees for laying down her husband’s life, while combating terrorists. Modi had rallied support along with Advani when he had raised the allegation against the ATS chief.
I wonder how people can be so callous and have the audacity to offer money for laying his life, when the previous day they all had been braying for his blood.
He was always a friendly face among the Mumbai journalistic circles and will be badly missed by them. His willpower and the guts to say ‘NO’, whoever he found unethical, was liked and appreciated by the political brass of Mumbai, whether it was his friend or foe.
Now I wonder what will happen to the fate of the inquiry on the Malegaon bomb blasts without its brave and valiant chief.
Fourteen Maharashtra police personnel, including Hemant Karkare sacrificed their lives while fighting terrorists.
May their soul rest in peace!
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