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The Invisible Hand Behind Saffron Terrorism
by Anup SarDesai
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One has a sense of reality bordering on unreal as one reads this account of the recent decades we've all lived through - and the little we knew through news media takes on the unreal, having been incomprehensible, while the authors recounting in simple language makes the reality come to light starkly.
It's the expose of history behind events of recent decades that was much needed, brought to light by the author.
And as one reads about the brutal treatment of a young woman sworn to celibacy for social work for nation, by a soon to be deceased but then young adult police officer, that brings it all home.
One hadn't quite comprehended why people known for quiet social work in public life and integrity in private life would be involved in something as ghastly as a bombing. As one reads, it's suddenly, revoltingly clear - a brutal police officer seeking a career opportunity by pleasing a corrupt regime oriented towards erstwhile colonial rulers and those claiming their heritage, not to mention underworld across ocean in a city that was part of Bombay just a few decades ago, threatening to rape the young woman at the police station after threatening to parade her naked publicly, after beating her with leather belts for several days and starving her and subjecting her to electric shocks until she's paralysed from waist down ....
So they broke her finally with threats of rape, and thereby the forced her into signatures they could exhibit, to justify their frauds, of the whole falsehood of Hindu terror!
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One wonders why one didn't understand it immediately. Was this only the second time Islamic terrorism had used lies, even though thus time they were via a cheap Hindu or two who were false to their profession, of protecting weak and exposing criminals? No, it was fourth, at least.
There was the blaming Israel fraudulently for killings in a refugee camp in early to mid eighties. There was the long article in Atlantic about exposing the lie about a ten year old boy shot as he hid behind his father, in reality the father shielding the boy from Israeli forces, the lie exposed by a U.S. college class and professor traveling to Israel to check out the scene. In between there was the lie against Indian army spread by pakis through Kashmir, about a village that later couldn't be found trace of by any non Indian agency, all of them allowed to search freely.
The false accusations had always been hot, shocking. The truth exposing the lie was always allowed to die quietly.
Such has been the history of propaganda of lies accompanied by terror attacks, a tactic Islam is terrorists and nations sponsoring them have picked up from nazis, who had a leader that admired their prophet for exactly these tactics to shortcuts to power.
So even as deep within one knew that the ridiculous tags and propaganda about saffron terror was a fraud, one should have known more.
That Maharashtra is no longer the nation Shivaji built up, a nation upholding spirit of truth - that it's now infested by those that threaten young women with rape and spread case stories about them, and threaten media if media won't shut up about two - or was it a dozen? - young bright chikdren of ours are murdered brutally, that young policewomen wielding kalashnikovs are used for making ridiculous accusations of molestation against a midterm boy just woken up seeing his parents assaulted by several police officers in his home, that a nation is brought to a standstill as a news editor is spirited away, bringing everyone to fear it'd next happen to them, ....
This book is a torch that lights up the ugly acts perpetrated by supposedly law enforcement agencies or at least their officers, a much needed exposing of the ugly, disgusting reality behind the congress leaders' reiteration of accusations of terror against Hindus - by their leaders whose DNA has not only fascist but Nazi, likely SS, possible war criminal content as well.
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"However, this belief that I had nurtured since childhood was shattered when I read in the newspapers about the alleged involvement of some Hindu radical groups in various terror attacks which took place in India in 2007.
"I was beginning to feel let down by the people of my own community. It was hard to believe that Hindus could commit such gruesome acts.
"But, it was not until 2014 when I happened to be in Poona in connection with a business deal. There, I accidentally met a person who was falsely implicated and was in jail for almost 4 years in connection with a blast that took place at a mosque in Nanded, Maharashtra in 2004.
"During his time in jail, he came in direct contact with the arrested members of Hindu organizations who were accused of plotting the terror attacks of 2007. I talked to this man from Poona for hours and he explained to me the entire truth behind the “Saffron Terror” conspiracy.
"I was shocked and pained to discover that the lives of twelve innocent people were ruined just because a handful of self-serving politicians wanted to woo a lucrative vote bank in the run up to the general elections of 2009.
"These findings resulted in a strong determination within me to thoroughly research the entire “Saffron Terror” conspiracy and uncover the whole truth.
"My endeavors got a major boost in March 2016 when I went to Mumbai for the promotion of my book ‘Nathuram Godse’. There, I met a man who happened to be an ex-officer of the ATS and one of our close relatives.
"We had a long conversation and talked on several issues including my first book.
"Then, I casually asked him “Is the Saffron Terror conspiracy real?”
"He spontaneously answered “No, it is a conspiracy hatched by the Maharashtra ATS in connivance with the Government of India of which I too was a part of”
"I was taken aback by that answer. Thereafter, this former ATS officer provided me valuable information regarding the plotting and execution of the entire ‘Saffron Terror’ conspiracy.
"In the months to follow, I collected a vast amount of data, met the family members and legal advisors of all the people accused in this case.
"They provided me vital inputs as to how the accused were treacherously abducted and forced to give confession by the ATS using third decree torture methods."
"However, apart from stray incidents of communal violence, Hindus and Muslims of India have never indulged in organized criminal acts intended at killing each other.
"However, the barbaric ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus by Islamic radicals in 1991 followed by the demolition of a disputed structure at Ayodhya in 1992 saw Hindu-Muslim relations in India reach its nadir.
"In January 1991, Islamic radical organizations began an orgy of mass killing of Hindus in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Over 100,000 innocent people were killed and over 500,000 were driven out of their homes.
"A year later, in 1992, there was an agitation over a disputed structure at Ayodhya, which Hindus claimed to be the birth place of Lord Rama. The Hindus believed that the Moghul emperor, Babur, had demolished this temple and built a mosque over it.
"In December 1992, thousands of Hindus gathered at the disputed site and razed down the structure. This day was marked as ‘Hindu Awakening Day’ by saffron outfits.
"After the demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya, a Hindu right wing activist was murdered by an angry Muslim mob in Mumbai (then Bombay).
"The Hindus of Mumbai staged a backlash which triggered large scale rioting in the city resulting in the deaths of over 700 people, mostly Muslims.
"In retaliation to the Mumbai riots, Islamic radicals carried out a series of synchronized bomb blasts in the city killing 288 and injuring thousands.
"The Islamic radicals claimed that the attacks were to avenge the deaths of thousands of Muslims killed in the Mumbai riots.
"The 1993 Mumbai bombings marked the beginning of ‘Jihad’ (Holy war) which the Islamic radicals declared against the Hindu ‘Kaffirs’ (Infidels).
"This holy war found huge backing in the form of the Inter State Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan."
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"Graham Staines was accused by Hindu organizations especially the Bajrang Dal of mass conversion of tribal Hindus to Christianity.
On 22nd January 1999, Staines was sleeping with his kids in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in the Indian state of Orissa when a mob attacked and set the vehicle on fire killing all three.
"Dara Singh, an activist of the Bajrang Dal, was found guilty of leading the mob and was convicted for life imprisonment in 2005.
"Although the Staines murder was carried out by Hindu radicals belonging to the Bajrang Dal, there was no evidence of any direct involvement of Bajrang Dal in this attack.
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"Three years later, on 27th February 2002, Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya after a religious ceremony, were lynched by a mob of around 2000 Muslims at the Godhra Railway Station in Gujrat.
"The Muslim mob was led by a local cleric Maulvi Hussain Haji Ibrahim and the attack was supported by the local Muslim community. 58 Hindu pilgrims including 25 women and 25 children were killed in this attack.
"Soon after the attack on the train, the Muslims of Godhra blocked roads to prevent police and fire tenders from reaching the railway station. In addition, they also provided shelter to the rioters after the train attack.
"This news spread like fire throughout Gujrat. Hindu organizations called a state wide general strike and demanded action against the Muslims of Godhra especially, the cleric.
"To make matters worse, the Congress jumped in support of the Muslims and defended their actions. The entire Hindu community was outraged by the Muslim appeasement politics of the Congress. This resulted in one of the bloodiest riots in India’s history.
On 29th February 2002, hell broke loose in the streets of Gujrat. Hindu mobs in thousands, led by local Hindu leaders, stormed into the Muslim dominated areas and started butchering their Muslim counterparts.
"The month long violence in Gujrat claimed the lives of over 2500 Muslims and around 350 Hindus. Till date thousands remain untraceable."
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"The Congress countered the “Hindu Rashtra” slogan by introducing a new term in Indian politics called “Saffron Terrorism”.
"This neologism was first used in an article written by Praveen Swami in the fortnightly magazine Frontline on 16th March 2002.
"The Congress immediately grabbed this neologism and effectively used it to target Hindu organizations especially those backing the BJP.
"A large number of influential figures condemned the use of this term by the Congress and described it an insult to the Hindu religion, and aimed solely at wooing the minority vote bank and promoting its own agenda.
"Despite the nationwide outrage, the Congress continued using this term to cast connotations on the ideology of Hindu organizations. However, it did not prove effective as nobody took this term seriously.
"Six months later, in December 2002, an improvised explosive device was found at the Bhopal Railway Station in the state of Madhya Pradesh which was successfully diffused by the bomb squad.
"To everyone’s surprise, the Madhya Pradesh Police questioned two activists of the Bajrang Dal, Ramji Kalsanghra and Sunil Joshi. However, they were let off as no hard evidence linking them to the bombs was found.
"The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh said in a press briefing that he had strong evidence of the involvement of Bajrang Dal members in various kinds of terror activities. Eventually, this crucial evidence was never passed on to the police by Singh.
"By 2004, the ‘Saffron Terror’ myth began to be used by a section of leftists to describe actions against Islamic radicals as “Targeting innocent Muslims by Saffron leaning men in uniforms”.
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"It all began in February 2004 when the Jammu & Kashmir Police killed Ehsan Illahi, a terrorist belonging to the Pakistan based Lashkar e Taiba (LeT).
"Through Ilahi’s laptop, the police got information that his associate, a person called Javed Ghulam Sheikh was plotting to kill Mr. Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat to avenge the Gujrat riots.
"The Indian Intelligence Bureau passed on this information to the Gujrat Police which laid a trap for Javed Shaikh in Ahmedabad.
"On 15th June 2004 on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujrat, Javed Shaikh and three of his associates were gunned down by the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of the Ahmedabad City Police. The names of three associates were Amjad Ali Rana, Zeeshan Johar and a nineteen year old girl Ishrat Jahan Raza.
"On 15th July 2004, The Indian Express carried a news report that the Lahore-based ‘Ghazwa Times’, a mouthpiece of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, acknowledged Ishrat Jahan as a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative.
"According to these news reports, the ‘Ghazwa Times’ had published this article on the "Jamat-ul-Dawa" website stating that "the veil of Ishrat Jahan, a woman activist of LeT, was removed by Indian police and her body was kept with other Mujahideens on the ground", and also that "Ishrat was with her husband, sitting on the front seat of the car".
"However, several human rights groups in India, mostly those funded by Ford Foundation and Greenpeace, alleged that the Ishrat Jahan killing was a fake encounter and claimed that the Gujrat Police was targeting innocent Muslims.
"An inquiry was ordered and, surprisingly, the police officers involved in the encounter were convicted for the “Cold blooded murder of innocent Muslims”.
"The Deputy Commissioner of Police Dhananjay G. Vanzara, who led the operation, was sacked and imprisoned for over eight years.
"Eventually, in 2013, it was proved that the encounter was genuine and Ishrat Jahan was indeed an operative of the Lashkar e Toiba."
"The Intelligence Bureau chief, Asif Ibrahim went on to say that the Office of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of India had enough evidence to prove that Ishrat was a part of the LeT module but, they chose to ignore it.
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"On 6th April 2006, the propagators of the “Saffron Terror” myth got a golden opportunity when there was an explosion in a house in Nanded owned by an executive engineer of the Maharashtra Irrigation Department in which two men were killed and three others injured.
"The Joint Commissioner of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police, investigating the case, Mr. K.P. Raghuvanshi informed the press that the five men were members of the Bajrang Dal and were manufacturing crude handmade bombs in the house.
"Raghuvanshi revealed the names of the two dead men as Naresh Rajkondwar and Himanshu Pandey."
Convenient, blaming the dead and poor with no international support!
"The names of the three injured were Yogesh Deshpande, Maruti Wagh and Gururaj Tupttewar.
"The Nanded incident gave the opportunity for the leftists to justify its “Saffron Terror” myth and claim that finally they had evidence to prove that Hindu radicals were involved in terror activities.
"However, experts dismissed this myth once again saying that the bombs found in Nanded were crude handmade bombs which could be used only during communal riots or sporadic incidents of violence but were not sophisticated devices that could be used in a terror attack.
"By now, this term “Saffron Terror” had turned into such an obsession for the Congress that it was desperate to do anything to justify this myth even if it meant ……
"“LET US EXPLODE BOMBS OURSELVES IN MALEGAON AND DECLARE IT AS AN ACT OF SAFFRON TERROR”
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"It was a Friday, the 8th of September 2006, at 13.15hrs IST, in the small town of Malegaon, located in the Nasik district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, 290 km to the northeast of Mumbai."
"Suddenly, two powerful and deafening explosions rocked the small town. There was panic all around as the devotees began running all over the place to save their lives resulting in a massive stampede."
"The next day, some major newspapers stated that not two but three explosions had taken place in Malegaon. The reports also dismissed the claims of Maharashtra Police which said that Pakistani terror outfits were involved in these attacks.
"The reports said that Islamic terror groups cannot be involved as the Pakistan backed Taliban regime in Afghanistan had enjoyed immense support from Muslims in Malegaon."
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"On 11th September 2006, the Director General of Police (Maharashtra) P.S. Pasricha informed the press that officers investigating the Malegaon blasts probe had gained vital leads and expressed confidence that a breakthrough would be achieved soon.
"The same day, B. Raman, a reporter, wrote an article in Rediff.com in which he raised questions on the investigation stating “…… police officers do not have the confidence that the political leadership would stand by them if leaders of the Muslim community accuse the investigating officers of being anti-secular, communal or prejudiced against Muslims”
"Raman’s words almost came true the next day when the Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh referred as “inappropriate to rule out or rule in the involvement of Hindu groups” (in the attack).
"Briefing the Indian Parliament, the Prime Minister said “It will be inappropriate for us to rule out anything or rule in anything. I think there should be a fair investigation which inspires confidence and brings out the truth and nothing but the truth without any pre-conceived notion. That has to be the objective”
"Thus, it was clear that the Indian political leadership was reluctant to take action against people from the Muslim community with the fear of losing a lucrative vote-bank.
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"By the end of September 2006, the Maharashtra Police confirmed that the explosives used in the blasts were ‘a cocktail of RDX, ammonium nitrate and fuel oil’.
"The police further confirmed that ‘it was the same mixture used in 7/11’ referring to the 11th July 2006 Mumbai train bombings carried out by Pakistan based terror outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) in which 209 people were killed and over 700 injured.
"On being asked about the suspects, the Nasik Superintendent of Police Rajvardhan declined to give details, saying ‘We can't say anything till we get reports from all the agencies’.
"On 13th October 2006, the Maharashtra Police claimed to have identified the perpetrators. In a press release, they said that the conspirators belonged to the Lashkar-e-Toiba which had strong contacts with the banned terror outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The police also did not rule out the involvement of HuJI in these attacks.
"On 30th October 2006, the Maharashtra Police arrested Noor-Ul-Hooda, an activist of the SIMI in connection with the Malegaon blasts.
"DGP, Mr. Pasricha claimed that the police were very close to cracking the case and two more suspects, Shabeer Batterywala and Raees Ahmad were arrested.
"The Maharashtra police said in a press release that the prime conspirator of this attack, Shabbir Batterywala, was an operative of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) while the co-conspirator, Raees Ahmad belonged to SIMI.
"On 28th November 2006, DGP P.S. Pasricha claimed that, during the course of the interrogation they found that two Pakistani nationals were also involved in the explosions. One of them was a person called Muzzammill Bhatt.
"Briefing the press, he said “We have successfully detected the Malegaon blasts case. We are, however, on the lookout for eight more suspects in the case. Three of the accused have confessed about their involvement in this conspiracy”
"In the following days, the police arrested eight more suspects, including two booked in the 7/11 Mumbai serial blasts. The Maharashtra Police thus, prima facie, ruled out the involvement of any Hindu radical group in the Malegaon attack. The Indian political leadership had no option but to accept the reality that it was indeed an Islamic group that had carried out the Malegaon attacks of 2006."
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"The defense counsels of Pragya Singh and Col. Purohit demanded that the reports of the narco-test conducted on their clients should be made public as they have been proved innocent in those tests.
"However, the ATS claimed that there were certain sensitive disclosures made in those tests which could hamper the investigations. The courts upheld the ATS claim.
"Pragya Singh, Maj. Upadhyay, and Col. Purohit then complained to the court of the barbaric and inhuman tortures inflicted upon her by the ATS.
"Pragya Singh said "There were five to six policemen whose job was to abuse me in filthy language. They would beat me round the clock, night and day to keep me awake. The policemen who were given the job of beating me would change because they got tired. But my beatings would not stop."
"Pragya further said “The ATS threatened to strip me naked and hang me upside down. They questioned me in the night, using the filthiest possible language. There were times when I was beaten up so badly, that my hands turned black.”
"Pragya Singh further accused the ATS of calling her a "prostitute" and linking her to a spiritual guru she considered like a father-figure in order to extract a confessional statement for the Malegaon blasts.
"She told the court that she does not even know what she is being charged for "Mujhe Maloom nahi mera kasoor kya hai, (I don't know what my crime is)"
"Major Ramesh Upadhyaya, a heart patient, said, “I was brought before DGP AN Roy on October 28. He told me that he didn’t doubt my patriotism, but if I don’t confess before the ATS, they would pulverise me”
"In a choked voice, he added, “DIG Sukhvinder Singh said that my mother must have slept with all men in my village. He said that my daughter Nidhi would be paraded naked and raped. He also threatened to plant narcotics on my son and get him jailed for 20 years”
"Col. Purohit told the court, “The investigating officer Mohan Kulkarni and Shrivastava said that I am not a son of my father. They said that they would parade my wife naked and ensure she is raped”
"But, the ATS refuted all these charges and told the courts that the accused were telling lies in order to escape punishment.
"While the proceedings were going on, Shyam Sahu’s father could not bear to hear the atrocities committed upon his son by the ATS and collapsed in the courtroom after suffering a massive heart attack. He passed away.
"Due to the commotion, the court proceedings were adjourned and the judicial remand was extended till 29th November.
"In protest against the false implication of innocent Hindu activists by the ATS, some Hindu organizations planned a massive protest march in Mumbai on 26th November which was to be attended by over 1 lakh Hindu activists.
"Fortunately, the protest was called off at the last moment after deliberations by BJP leaders."
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"The six terrorists, who had landed at Macchimar Nagar, boarded two separate taxis and slid bombs under the driver’s seat.
"The first explosion occurred at 22:40 at Vile Parle, killing the driver and a passenger. The second explosion took place at Wadi Bunder at 22:25 killing around three people including the taxi driver and injuring over 15 others.
"Of the four terrorists, who landed at Badhwar Park, two headed straight to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. They entered the passenger hall and opened fire on civilians using AK-47 automatic rifles.
"The firing continued non-stop for over an hour in which the attackers killed 58 people and injured 104. At 22.45 the paramilitary forces and emergency services arrived. But, by that time, the attackers had escaped to Cama Hospital near the Fort Area.
"According to the ATS report, the authorities at the Cama Hospital saw the attackers arriving and locked the entrance gates.
"The Maharashtra ATS chief, Hemant Karkare reached the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to take stock of the situation. There he was informed that the attackers had fled to Cama Hospital.
"Karkare immediately got into his vehicle and set off towards the Cama Hospital. He was accompanied by Vijay Saluskar, Ashok Kamte and some constables.
"This information about the terror attack at the Cama Hospital given to Hemant Karkare remains a mystery till date as the officials at the Azad Maidan Police Station in the Fort Area had received no information about the attack.
"As soon as the police vehicle reached in a lane next to the Cama Hospital, the attackers opened fire on the vehicle in which Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamte and one more officer was killed.
"It looked as though the two attackers had not gone to Cama Hospital to carry out a terror attack. In fact, they were patiently waiting outside the gate of the hospital for Karkare to arrive."
"Meanwhile, two terrorists attacked the Leopold Cafe, a popular restaurant and bar on Colaba Causeway in South Mumbai killing at least 10 people and injuring many more.
"Thereafter four terrorists converged at the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower while two entered the Oberoi Trident, two of the most prestigious hotels in the city.
"The Nariman House, a Chabad Lubavitch Jewish center in Colaba known as the Mumbai Chabad House, was taken over by two attackers and several residents were held hostage.
"However, neither the Indian Administration nor the Maharashtra Government take any action until morning. At 10.00am the next day the NSG was called in.
"After a fierce gun battle that lasted for almost two days, the attackers were neutralized and the hostages freed by the NSG commandos.
"After Hemant Karkare’s death, K.P. Raghuvanshi took over as the Maharashtra ATS chief. He was also entrusted with carrying out the investigations into the attack.
"According to the investigation report submitted by Raghuvanshi, the attackers travelled by sea from Karachi, Pakistan, across the Arabian Sea, hijacked the Indian fishing trawler 'Kuber', killed the crew of four, then forced the captain to sail to Mumbai. After murdering the captain, the attackers entered Mumbai on a rubber dinghy. The captain of 'Kuber', Amar Singh Solanki, had earlier been imprisoned for six months in a Pakistani jail for illegally fishing in Pakistani waters. The attackers stayed and were trained by the Lashkar-e-Taiba in a safe house at Azizabad near Karachi before boarding a small boat for Mumbai."
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"A fishing trawler does not carry more than 200 ltrs of Diesel which is enough only for a one way trip from Porbandar to Daman. Thus, how did the fisherman agree to ferry the terrorists to Mumbai when they themselves did not have enough fuel for the journey, leave alone the return journey back to Porbandar?
"As per the ATS report, the terrorists arrived in Mumbai at 19.30 while the attack on the Taj began at 22.30. The big question which remains unanswered is that how could the terrorists carry out a terror attack of this magnitude without conducting a recce of the area?
"Which clearly means that, all the terrorists were present in India months before the terror attack took place and were living somewhere in Mumbai.
"Did the terrorists enter Mumbai in a rubber inflatable speedboat from the trawler or did they take the speedboat from Mumbra, considered a haven for terrorists in the past?
"Who informed Hemant Karkare about the attack on Cama Hospital when the Azad Maidan Police Station in the Fort Area had no knowledge about the attack nor did anyone dial 100?
"Why was the attack planned on the same day Hindu organizations had planned a massive rally to protest against the illegal arrests of their activists by the ATS?
"The terrorists did not carry out any kind of attack on the Cama Hospital. They were just waiting patiently for Hemant Karkare to arrive.
"Was the motive of the 26/11 attackers only to kill Hemant Karkare? If that is so, then what could be reason for doing so?
"Hemant Karkare was doing a big favor on Pakistan by exonerating ISI Pakistan as a sponsor of terror and was implicating innocent Hindus in terror attacks which Pakistan based terror outfits had carried out.
"Thus, why did the Pakistan based terrorists kill a person who was one of their closest allies?
"The entire plot of depicting 26/11 as an act of ‘Saffron Terror’ fell apart due to one phone call made by Arun Jadhav to Tukaram Omble.
"Thus, what would have happened if Arun Jadhav, who was pretending to be dead, was actually dead?
'What would have happened if Arjun Jadhav had not called Tukaram Omble?
"What would have happened if Ajmal Kasab had not been arrested alive?
"Seeking answers for the above questions only makes one wonder about the motive behind the 26/11 attack.
"The answer lies in these obnoxious and bizarre statements given by top leaders of the Indian National Congress following the 26/11 attacks.
"On 17th December 2008, Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay said that Hindutva elements may have been involved in the Mumbai attacks.
Speaking during a debate in the Parliament on the Mumbai terror attacks, Antulay said "Superficially speaking they had no reason to kill Karkare. Whether he was a victim of terrorism or terrorism plus something, I do not know. Karkare found that there are non-Muslims involved in the acts of terrorism during his investigations in some cases. Any person going to the roots of terrorism has always been the target. Unfortunately his end came. It may be a separate inquiry how his end came. There is more than what meets the eyes"
"Antulay’s outlandish comments suggested that somehow Hindutva elements were in league with the Mumbai attackers, or perhaps used the attacks as cover to kill Hemant Karkare, the man behind ‘Saffron Terrorism’. The
"BJP immediately called for Antulay's resignation and protested with boisterous walkouts in parliament over the course of five days.
"Antulay however refused to apologize or retract his statements and said they reflected the views of a large segment of the Muslim population.
"The Congress, after first distancing itself from the comments, issued a statement two days later which implicitly endorsed the conspiracy.
"However, the most bizarre and outrageous theory regarding the 26/11 attacks came in 2010.
"On 6th December 2010, a book named "26/11 : RSS Ki Saazish" written by Aziz Burney, the Editor-in-Chief of an Urdu newspaper, Sahara, was released in Delhi by Congress General Secreatary Digvijay Singh.
"The book talked about RSS leaders and Hindutva elements behind the 26/11 Mumbai Attacks. Some of the highlights of the book were;
(Mostly, claiming Hindus did it, and have since 1993, blaming US and Israel alongside; clear instance of the usual islamic lies.)
"During the interrogation following his arrest, Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive, confessed that the Mumbai attacks were planned by Hafiz Sayeed, the founder of the Lashkar e Taiba and his associate Mohammed Lakhvi. Kasab further said that the attack was aided by Pakistan’s ISI.
"But, Pakistan vehemently denied the charge. On 15th February 2009, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the 2007 Samjhauta bombings and the Mumbai attacks were linked.
"But, a few days later, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly admitted that the conspiracy did take place in Pakistan. Finally, the Islamic apologists in India had no choice but to retract from their mythical theory.
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"Meanwhile, in a strange development, the American FBI arrested a person called David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana for their alleged links with various Islamic groups like HuJI and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
"During the interrogation Headley confessed that Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists carried out, not only the Mumbai attack but also the Samjhauta blasts, Ajmer blasts and Makka Masjid blasts, under the guidance of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
"Headley further stated that the ISI was actively engaged with the Lashkar commanders responsible for the Mumbai attacks at ‘every stage of the plot’.
"Headley also mentioned that Major Sameer Ali, Major Iqbal and Major Haroon Ashique, who are serving officers of the Pakistan Army, collaborated with the LeT in planning the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
"David Headley further told the FBI that Ishrat Jahan, the terrorist killed by the Gujrat Police, was a "Fidayeen" (sacrificial aspirant) working for a person named Muzammil Bhat or Muzammil Butt.
"On 20th July 2009, a luncheon was hosted by Prime Minister of India at his residence in July 2009 in honor of visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress.
"At the luncheon, Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi told US Ambassador Timothy Roemer that the growth of "radicalised Hindu groups which create religious tensions in India could pose a bigger threat to the country than activities of groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)”.
"According to a secret US diplomatic cable from New Delhi released by Wiki-Leaks dated 3rd August 2009, the Congress leader shared his views with Roemer on a range of political topics, social challenges."
"On 8th August 2010, the United States department of state issued a statement which contradicted the Indian probe suspecting links of Hindu organizations in the Malegaon, Samjhauta Express, and the Ajmer Sharif blasts.
"Contrary to the Indian government’s estimate that Hindu extremists carried out the blasts, the United States held the Pakistan-based Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI) and its commander Ilyas Kashmiri responsible for the attacks.
"The US banned the HuJI and the LeT and declared them as terrorist outfits. It also requested the Indian authorities to review their mythical “Saffron Terror” theory thereby opening a can of worms."
"Thereafter, the US state department identified a Pakistani national named Asif Kasmani, of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, as the mastermind of the Samjhauta Express blast, and moved the UN to declare him as an international terrorist.
"The US state department also said that the Lashkar e Taiba commander, Muzammil also may be involved in the Malegaon 2006 and Samjhauta blasts.
"The same day, the United Nations too imposed sanctions on both HuJI and Ilyas Kashmiri, subjecting both the entity and the individual to "the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo".
"The resolution [No 1267] of the Committee on Sanctions of the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] dated 29.6.2009 declared “Qasmani Arif, chief coordinator of the relations of LeT with other organizations, has worked with LeT to facilitate terrorist attacks including, the bombing of February 2007 in the Samjhauta Express in Panipat”
"Adding that Qasmani was funded by Dawood Ibrahim and he did fund-raising for LeT and Al-Qaida, the UNSC said “In exchange for their support, Al-Qaida provided support staff for the bombing in February 2007 in the Samjhauta Express in Panipat”
"The UN, in fact, termed the Samjhauta Express blast a joint operation of HuJI and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
"In The Washington Post issue dated 5.11.2010, Sebastian Rotella, a US journalist, wrote in his report that Faiza Outalha, the third of wife of David Coleman Headley had confessed that Headley was involved in Samjhauta blast."
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"It was shocking to see two people charged for the same offence. While the American Federal Judge sentenced David Coleman Headley for 35 years imprisonment for his role in the 26/11, Malegaon 2006 and the Samjhauta Express blasts, the NIA had charge sheeted 14 people in the same offence without any credible evidence.
"Following the charge sheet against the ‘Saffron Terror’ suspects, the seven Muslim accused in the Malegaon 2006 blasts were let off by the NIA.
"The NIA did not object to the bail applications of seven accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case due to which, they were released on bail."
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"Anytime a devastating terror attack takes place and the perpetrators of the attack are nabbed by law enforcement agencies with credible evidence, ‘Human Rights’ activists demand that these perpetrators should also be treated with respect and dignity.
'But as far as the illegal detention and torture of innocent Hindu activists, Saints and a Military Officer is concerned, these activists suddenly lose their voice."
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"It was a masterplan keeping the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in mind. The imaginary RDX that Capt. Nitin Joshi saw in Col. Purohit’s house was actually meant for the 26/11 attack.
"On 26th November, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad had planned to carry out a protest march at the Azad Maidan, Mumbai to protest against the arrests of Hindu activists.
"The ATS received instructions to let hooligans infiltrate the protest march and start rioting. This would be followed by the terror attack of 26/11.
"The eight terrorists hired to carry out the 26/11 attacks were indeed Pakistani nationals and members of the Lashkar e Taiba but, they were hired by the Indian leadership specially to carry out the 26/11 attacks.
The eight terrorists never came to Mumbai by a fishing trawler form Porbandar but, were staying in Mumbra for over a month and were given specific training by officers of the Maharashtra ATS.
"The 26/11 attack was supposed to begin with a shoot out at the CST which was just a five minute walk from the Azad Maidan, where the Saffron organizations were scheduled to hold a protest march that day.
"After the CST attack, the terrorists were to kill Hemant Karkare, the man who arrested Pragya Singh. Then, the terrorists would lay siege to the TAJ hotel.
"Then, they were supposed to demand the release of all the ‘Saffron Terror’ accused. Finally, the NSG would storm into the TAJ by midnight and end the ordeal.
On the evening of 26th November Ramji Kalsanghra and Sandeep Dange, two accused in the ‘Saffron Terror’ case, were shot dead and their bodies were transported to the TAJ.
The ATS had planned to show the two as a part of the terror group that attacked the TAJ.
"However, in a strange twist of fortunes, the protest march scheduled for 26th November was called off at the last minute following intervention by top BJP leaders.
"But, by then, the eight terrorists had already boarded an inflatable speed boat from Mumbra and were heading towards Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.
"The terrorists executed their plan to perfection right up to carrying out the CST shoot out, the the killing of Hemant Karkare and escaping in a police van.
But unfortunately for the 26/11 conspirators, Constable Arun Jadhav, who was lying injured dead on the rear seat of the police van, was pretending to be dead.
"He saw the attackers escape and immediately called up Head Constable Tukaram Omble of the Chowpaty Police Station, and informed him about the terrorists fleeing towards the TAJ in a Skoda.
"As Tukaram Omble had no time to react, he laid a road block, without informing the Police Headquarters or seeking permission from his superiors. Thus the ATS could not inform the attackers of the road block ahead.
"As a result Ajmal Kasab was arrested alive. The news of Ajmal Kasab’s arrest flashed across television screens all over the country.
"The Maharashtra leadership was in a mess following Kasab’s arrest. Thus, the NSG action scheduled for midnight was postponed till 10am the next day.
"A fishing trawler was then towed from Porbandar to Mumbai after killing all fishermen on board to claim that the terrorists had come from Pakistan.
"After the identity of the 26/11 attackers were revealed, the bodies of Ramji Kalsanghra and Sandeep Dange were hurriedly disposed off by the ATS as unidentified victims of the 26/11 attacks.
"After the 26/11 conspiracy failed, the ATS was in a spot of bother as to where should the imaginary RDX found in Col. Purohit’s house be used.
"Thus, they linked the imaginary RDX to the Samjhauta Blasts without ascertaining the fact that the blasts that blew up the Samjhauta was caused by Phosphur and Sulphur based IED and not RDX.
"By 2009, the ‘Saffron Terror’ case began falling apart as many defence experts ridiculed the RDX theory of the ATS and many key witnesses like Capt. Nitin Joshi retracted from their statements.
"The case was then handed over to the CBI which stumbled upon a godman named Swami Aseemanand who would also backtrack within two months.
"Amidst this confusion, the US state department provided the Indian authorities with vital information about Asif Kasmani, the mastermind of the Samjhauta Blast. Finally, the case was handed over to the NIA which sought permission to begin the investigations afresh.
"The NIA conveniently ignored the evidence provided by the US State Department and stuck to the ‘Saffron Terror’ theory of their political masters based on the false statement of Swami Aseemanand alone."
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December 04, 2021 -
December 23, 2021 - December 23, 2021.
Purchased December 02, 2021.
Borrowed December 14, 2021.
Kindle Edition, 159 pages
Published February 17th 2017
by Pegadas Criacao Private Limited
ASIN:- B06W9MKQRB
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https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4405149705
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