India’s Dubious Character in Mumbai Investigations
By ahsan • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics • 40 CommentsIndia is not in a mood to let the Mumbai probe go in a smooth fashion. Earlier, on the request of Pakistan to provide necessary information regarding the incident, India has been sharing the information with Pakistan in bits and pieces. As a result, fourth folder has been handed over to Pakistan few days back. If the information was provided to Pakistan in one go, the results of the investigation could have been much different. Besides, India has been trying to create all sorts of hurdles in the court proceedings. For example, A key witness in the 26/11 attacks case who had given statement against accused Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed at the trial failed to appear before the court on 28 August 2009 with the prosecution saying that he was “missing”, the Indian Express of 28 August 2009 reported. In his previous statement, the witness Nurudin Sheikh, told the court that the accused – Faheem and Sabauddin – had met him in Nepal and they discussed the maps of some locations in Mumbai. Special Public Prosecutor Ujjawal Nikam told the court that Crime Branch officials had gone to the witness’s residence, but his wife had said that Sheikh had left home early morning, saying that he had to go to the court. This clearly indicates that after obtaining the initial statement, the witness has deliberately been sent underground to create a delay in the judicial proceedings.
Despite Pakistan’s repeated demands, India has failed to supply solid information in relation to the culprits of Mumbai mayhem which occurred on November 26 last year. Instead of providing any evidence, New Delhi has only been propagating that the gunmen who conducted terrorist events in Mumbai came from Pakistan. Surprisingly, on July 21, Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon ruled out talking to Pakistan on any issue other than terrorism. Shankar further explained, “Our only issue with Pakistan is terrorism. We demand the perpetrators of terror be brought to justice” and Pakistan should “end infrastructure of terrorism on its soil.” It reminds the statement of PM Singh who had remarked on January 6 this year that Pakistan was using terrorism as state policy. Indian contradictory strategy could be judged from the opposite statements of some other important Indian personalities. For instance on February 8, Gujrat Chief Minister Narendra Modi revealed that the Mumbai terror attacks could not have been carried out without internal help from India. On February 12, the Mumbai police Chief Hassan Ghafoor also admitted that two Indians who were arrested by the Indian police had been involved in the Mumbai carnage.
Confused statements by the Indian high officials show that New Delhi has been making deliberate efforts to entangle Pakistan in the Mumbai tragedy through fabricated stories and India is not serious in Mumbai probe. The aim is to conceal the involvement of Indian terrorists and the role of its secret agency RAW which is behind Mumbai drama. During attacks in Mumbai, the death of Anti-Terrorism Squad Chief Hemant Karkare left sufficient proof that Indian intelligence agencies had themselves planned the scheme. Narayan Rane, an Indian-Hindu leader of the Congress, disclosed on December 16, 2008 that Hindu politicians provided logistical and financial support to Hindutva terrorists for killing Karkare. While, Indian Minority Affairs Minister Abdul Rahman Antulay who had changed his statement after pressure from Congress had clearly revealed in the Lok Sabha that the killing of Anti-Terrorism Squad Chief Karkare in Mumbai was a conspiracy, saying that Karkare was assassinated owing to his leading role in the investigation against Hindus regarding the 2006 Malegaon bombings which killed eight people outside a mosque. He further elaborated, “Anyone trying to go to the roots of terror has always been a target”, calling for a separate inquiry into Karkare’s death.
In wake of a continued debate and rising tension between the two South Asian nuclear states in connection with the culprits of Mumbai tragedy, Pakistan has proved itself as a responsible state actor. On February 12, 2009, Islamabad not only submitted its report to India after lodging FIR against the nine suspects and taking six accused persons into custody, but also repeatedly offered joint investigation to get hold of the real culprits. The fact of the matter remains that Indians were well-aware that any joint inquiry would have exposed the identity of Hindu terrorists and Indian militants. It would have also exposed the killing of Anti-Terrorism Squad Chief Karkare during Mumbai events and the arrested Lt. Col. Srikant Purohit who was found involved in supplying high-grade explosives to the Hindu fundamentalists—played a key role in setting the Samjhota express on fire.
Setting aside Islamabad’s offer for joint investigation, New Delhi has also failed in providing reply to the questions asked by Pakistan in relation to the death of Karkare, progress regarding investigation of Purohit—and particularly about the first statement of the lonely-arrested gunman, Ajmal Kasab regarding the Mumbai events. Notably, in the recent past, Ajmal Kasab had disclosed in an Indian court that the police had forced him to give statement against Pakistan and ISI. He has also been forced to change his previous statement. On July 20, he confessed in the special court that he is Pakistani, and that five men who were involved in the Mumbai carnage also includes key operatives of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT). Backing out of his initial statement clearly proves that Indian intelligence agencies, especially RAW has kept him under continuous torture and thus forced him to show the involvement of Pakistan and ISI. The main aim behind is to conceal the real culprits who are Indian terrorists trained by RAW. In its latest dossier, sent to Islamabad, New Delhi has declared Hafiz Saeed as mastermind behind the incident, while earlier; Kasab was announced as the mastermind. Nevertheless it is another major contradiction in the matter.
As a matter of fact New Delhi wanted to achieve a number of goals through self-arranged Mumbai tragedy as its aftermath proved. First of all India suspended the Indo-Pak composite dialogue in order to use the incident to avoid the solution of Kashmir. Second, it tried its best to get Pakistan declared a terrorist state with the help of US-led western countries. Third, it intended to isolate Pakistan diplomatically in the comity of nations. Fourth, India wanted to distort the image of Islamabad through a propaganda campaign that Pakistan is officially sponsoring terrorism in India and Afghanistan. After its failure in isolating Pakistan diplomatically, at present its leaders have been acting upon a hollow strategy which is based on opposition for the sake of opposition in order to conceal the Indian home-grown terrorism and the hand of RAW in Mumbai tragedy.
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As long as kasab is alive and will continue revealing all secrets of his training and execution of this attack nothing is dubious in Indian side.
Yes, Pakistan is a pure country. It is innocent and has never harmed anyone. It did not alienate and butcher East Pakistani’s or refuse to share power with them. Bangladesh was just created out of a whim.
Also, Pakistan did not create and train Taliban. They just sprung out of nowhere and without anyone’s support, they invaded and took control of Afghanistan. Also, Pakistan ONLY provides moral and diplomatic support to Terrorists and nothing else. Lashkar-E-Taiba and Hijbul Mujhahideen do not exist in Pakistan and never openly conduct rallies and donation programmes.
Also, Pakistan never invaded Kargil, it was just a handful of raiders who invaded Kargil. It is such a pure country, why would it do all the above things? It was always peaceful and giving….see, it gifted a part of Pakistan to China, and now it has given USA total control of their land to kill the same terrorists it did not create.
Also, it did not jail it’s father of the nuclear program because he like a thief sold nuclear secrets to rogue countries, it just jailed him as it thought it would be fun.
Also, Pakistanis never were involved in the Mumbai attacks and when even UN clearly says it is Pakistani’s, they keep writing articles that it is India who planned the attacks, the same way Muslim terrorists did not plan the 9/11 bombings but it was actually the Israeli’s.
What a bunch of idiots…Why doesn’t the world nuke these mad creeps so half the world’s problem is finished?
I feel the biggest harm that Pakistan has done to the muslims across the world is to get them labelled as “terrorists” by supporting, harbouring and funding tanzims like lashkar-e-taiba, taliban etc.Sane voices like that of Nazia get no hearing in chaos that Pakistan establishment has created. What a pity that country like Pakistan with such a great potential is reeling under poverty and few well to do, so called intelligent people do not want anti Indian sentiments to wane. In order to keep themselves at position they are in, they even do not think twice to sacrifice national interest. Allowing US to go on rampage is live example.
Zahoor Sahab,
Your article shows that you have wonderful talent of being creatively imaginative, try your luck in writing fictions, you will be instant hit. When on this earth did India say that Kasab was mastermind??? What will India gain by getting it’s own people killed ??? Height of absurdity !!
RAW did all these things just to give bad name to Pakistan and Pakistan never indulged in sending these terrorists to India…I pity your intelligence if you actually expect any one in this world to believe you!!
Zahoor Mian,
Reading your fictional spy articles, I think you have the potential of making a good movie and also becoming James Bond 007 of Pakistan………. tana tanaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…….tana na na ……..
Generalising a hideuos event f Mumbai. as Pakistani’s or Pakistan, seems to be accusins whole the nation for the event.
It goes without saying that people who kill innocent people shuld be punished, But it is wrong to punish the Naiton, even for Godhra,or Gujrat extra judicila kinlling.
India has always tried to get an internatiol momentam to keep up their good work of making Pakistan, look as every one is armed and want to kill Indians. Yes Pakistan has been a victim of misplaced and misineterpreted ideologies.
Cadambaram has gone to report the headmaster of a small boy if Bullying me , he has a weapon. This is a story Shaktiman of India, premji
India had gone to his headmaster USA to complaint………..oh really……..but Champaklal Phakir…..the same headmaster doesn’t needs pak’s permission to enter in pakistan and carry out his drone attacks or set up blackwaters/Xe etc. By getting funds from USA, it seems that Pakistan has given herself to USA to do anything they want to? Atleast India is acting like a pupil but Pakistan is acting like a slave. Anyway…..please tell me the latest development of done attacks in pakistan by this headmaster who is still hitting pakistan……..oh….what about blackwaters/XE?
Howazaaatttttt
Hi Zahoor,
you are parrotting the line given by Gen hamid Gul. He was saying that 9/11 was carried out by Israelies and jews to expose the foolish policy of USA towards Saudi arabia.
You are parrotting the same line about 26/11 as devised by General Gul to save his Chela Prof hafeez Saeed of JUD/LET. You think this will convince the world by asking for evidence to stand in a sharia court.
Now can your courts prove anything against say baitullah Mehsud,hakeemutallha,mangal bagh,Faizullah etcetc in court even if 1000 have witnessed the event of their killing innocents. When even General Musharaff is afraid to come into your country, keep repeating this lie and the world is knowing the truth and also your own nation as about indo/pak war of 1965 and 1993 events in karachi.
Keep up the LIE man the people of Pakistan are no more fools.
China will not need any permission to hive away chunks of India, and ofcorse India is too scared to act.In this case the Headmaster is also helpless
LBW.
The pakistan army shuld groups like LeT-Taliban etc and also get rid of desi cowboys like Mehsuds/Mangalbagh etc. These groups and individuals are a threat to Huanity in general.
This foolish theory of 9/11 by Gen Gul, is completly out of place, We can see clearly that their are certain elements which shuld be eliminated. We shuld seek help from USA and Blackwater to assist, since out armed forces also cannot fight at times they hesitate to kill due to having muslims on the otherside. Even of RAW is active we shuld pay attention to our home front so to improve the quality of live of Pakis
Champaklal Phakir……..it seems this time you ate sufficient food that your brain also started thinking about other things apart from poverty resembling your name as Fakir……..Your all the other comments except #10 suggested that you were malnourished and hence you were removing the frustration of your hunger on us………and so you kept a genuine name FAKIR to let us know that you were desperately in need of food.
Dekha………..you started communicating with me from last 3 days aur kitni samajhdaari aa gayee tujhme. Tu pehle kaisi phakiriat wali baat karta tha. Aur ab dekh. Kitna farq aa gaya tujhme. Mere saath rahega to aisi hi akalmandi ki baatein karega hamesha. Chal…….aaj se main tujhe apna chela banata hoon. Ja mere liye ek glass pani aur ek packet cigarette leke aa jaldi.
Howazzatttt ! Hmmmm………….its a huge…… huge………… huge…………………..SIX over the fence.
Yaar……kuch quality khana khaya kar………..warna tu zindagi bhar Phakir reh jayega………….aur phakiriat wali baat karta reh jayega…
@Jai Ho!
You may not be aware, there are plans underway to sell huge amount of farming land of Pakistanis to Saudis
Dear Sid,
What will Saudis do with this land?
They will build more Madrasas and create more terrorists!
@premji
Pakistan is their main exporter of Wheat. They want food security from Pakistan in these troubled days, so they are making some kind of deal with Pakistan Govt. to buy 500,000 acres of farming land in Pakistan.
It is being mentioned as leasing in some reports and selling in others, so i am not sure whats the real deal. Interestingly, there are reports that Pakistan govt. would provide some kind of security for Saudis.
“http://letusbuildpakistan.blogspot.com/2009/09/country-for-sale.html”
“http://farmlandgrab.org/7519″
“http://pakistaniat.com/2009/09/01/leasing-agriculture-land-foreign/”
“http://www.defence.pk/forums/economy-development/32978-pakistan-offer-7million-acres-agriculture-land-foreigners.html”
@premji
Pakistan is their main exporter of Wheat. They want food security from Pakistan in these troubled days, so they are making some kind of deal with Pakistan Govt. to buy 500,000 acres of farming land in Pakistan.
It is being mentioned as leasing in some reports and selling in others, so i am not sure whats the real deal. Interestingly, there are reports that Pakistan govt. would provide some kind of security for Saudis.
“letusbuildpakistan.blogspot.com/2009/09/country-for-sale.html”
“farmlandgrab.org/7519″
“pakistaniat.com/2009/09/01/leasing-agriculture-land-foreign/”
“www.defence.pk/forums/economy-development/32978-pakistan-offer-7million-acres-agriculture-land-foreigners.html”
Very well written. Great Work.
@ 6 premji. Saudis’ will grow crops on that land with prem. Are you thick to ask,
dont your read the article, Hooowaazat
@ 4 Jai hoo It will be a training camp for shiv sena and BJP religious army under
the supervision of RAW.
Sid
Wheat buying is no problem for rich country like saudi from exporter like Canada UK and USA who have more variety of wheat than us and surely have surplus reservoirs that sometime they have to thrown it in sea.So these farms can be used for multiple purpose as our fuedal and rich people do in our area.
Saudis have very bad repute of funding extremism in our region so we cant rule out this factor that US might given them bases here in the name of farm houses or new guotonamao like dens could be created under these farms.
So Instead of giving them land why not our local groups like mitchells, salman, shezan groups having extensive experience in food farming and also its storage should be assigned this job.All companies I mentioned have a good repute in Pakistan and even their products are popular in Pakistan too .More such groups we will come forward in our land, there are more chances that we can grow like food secure country in coming years.
We cant trust on these saudis who are using religion and our sacred areas as powerful tools to run the Muslim world as per their personal wishes and all time supporter of US ARM Industry.
Champak lal Phakir # 17,
Waah waah ! Phakir bachcha kitna khush ho jaata hai chhota sa joke bol ke…..khush hoja munna, khush hoja……..waise bhi maine tujhe bohot rulaya hai na…….ab thoda has le…….