FYII saw BJP posters yesterday talking about a shraddanjali on 1st 2008/11/30 Ranjit Ranjit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> FWD. > > > > [It is quite possible that Hemant Karkare was driven to take a risk, > which would many consider as imprudent, under the severe psychological > pressure caused by the serious allegations hurled by the Saffron Brigade in > order to prove himself once again. > > But alas! > > They have even given a call for "Maharashtra Bandh" on the coming December > 1. > > Maybe, they'll still stick to it with a slightly(!) modified agenda - to > pay homage to Karkare.] > > I/II. > > http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Parivar_doublespeak_Villain_in_life_hero_in_death/articleshow/3771089.cms > > > *Parivar doublespeak: Villain in life, hero in death > *29 Nov 2008, 0102 hrs IST, ET Bureau > > > MUMBAI: The heroic death of Maharashtra's Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief > Hemant Karkare in counter-terror operations has left the BJP-Shiv > Sena combine with egg on its face. On Friday, Narendra Modi, BJP's > poster-boy chief minister and Hindutva mascot, paid lofty tributes to > Karkare and other senior cops who lost their lives in the counter attack. > > But before his death on duty, Mr Karkare and his colleagues at the ATS were > at the receiving end of almost a slanderous attack not only by BJP and Shiv > Sena leaders, but also by several Sangh Parivar organisations for the > ongoing ATS probe into the Malegaon blasts. > > In fact, Mr Modi himself had attacked the ATS for the "biased" probe into > the Malegaon blasts. So much so that the BJP and Sangh Parivar organisations > had personally blamed Karkare for what they claimed "implicating the Hindu > religious leaders and outfits" in the probe. > > But the two parties are now singing eulogies to the valour demonstrated by > the departed ATS chief. Ironically, the Shiv Sena had even called a > Maharashtra bandh on December 1 to protest against the ATS probe and express > solidarity with the accused — Sadhvi Pragya Singh and lieutenant colonel > Shrikant Purohit — for their involvement in the Malegaon blasts. "It is > supreme irony that the same BJP is now paying tributes to Karkare and is > talking of helping his family," union minister of state for home Shriprakash > Jaiswal said on Friday. > > But the double-speak demonstrated by the BJP and Shiv Sena could be more > dangerous for the combine than a mere political embarrassment. Mr Jaiswal > said the agencies probing the terror attack in Mumbai would also look into > the fact that Mr Karkare was on "target by some people who had opposed his > probe for about 15 days before November 26."* > * > > II. > > > http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/13376-top-cop-takes-three-bullets-to-the-chest > > Top cop takes three bullets to the chest > > > MUMBAI, Nov 28 - Maharashtra's anti-terror police chief Hemant Karkare > visited India's best known police officer Julio Ribeiro on Tuesday for > advice on how to deal with the political pressures of his job. > > Never flinch from duty, the older man advised. Less than 36 hours later, > Karkare, 54, died doing just that. > > The soft-spoken, genial father of three was gunned down, receiving three > bullets in the chest according to initial reports, while trying to storm > Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel, where suspected Islamist militants had taken > scores of people hostage. > > Two other senior police officers, deputy commissioner Ashok Kamte and > encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar were also killed. > > As shocked friends and associates shared memories of Karkare with The > Straits Times yesterday, several common threads emerged. > > Here was a top cop who honoured duty above all, who dug deep to get to the > truth behind crimes, however inconvenient it might have been and - despite > his 16-hour work days - found time to attend community gatherings. > > His last few weeks, however, were fraught with tension. A Hindu nun > arrested in connection with a recent bomb blast had alleged that she was > tortured in custody. This, in turn, had prompted Karkare's department to be > censured by India's opposition chief L. K. Advani, whose Bharatiya Janata > Party has a large Hindu vote bank. > > The blast, which occurred in the town of Malegaon on Sept 29, killed six > people. > > Under pressure to prove that the Malegaon arrest was not a "conspiracy to > malign Hindus" as one hardline Hindu party had dubbed it, Karkare visited > his former colleague and hero Ribeiro on Tuesday to discuss all the > evidence he had collected against the accused. > > He was hurt by the allegations, said Ribeiro, 79, who is credited with > rooting out terrorism in Punjab as its Director General of Police in the > 1980s. > > "I told him even the Hindu scriptures demand that everyone should do his > duty," the retired top cop said. "Never flinch, never wilt." > > The former cop, who received an important government honour for his > service, paid rich tribute to his younger colleague. "He was one of the best > officers we had. Honest, level-headed and devoted to duty." > > Karkare's devotion to duty extended far beyond his formal role as a police > officer, say friends and associates. > > As deputy commissioner of the Mumbai police's narcotics branch, for > instance, he roped in non-government organisations to conduct anti-drug > education programmes in schools. > > "He did not only want to catch the drug lords. He also wanted to keep our > children drug-free," said NGO executive Milind Kokje, 49, who met his > long-time friend just last Saturday. > > As the embattled state's counter-terrorism chief, Karkare also made efforts > to get to know members of the Muslim community. Islamist militants targeted > Mumbai in two large bomb attacks in 1993 and 2006, killing nearly 500 > people. > > "He would attend community meetings to listen to the grievances of the > Muslim community," said Mateen Hafiz, 29, principal correspondent of The > Times of India, who has spent the past five years covering terrorism in > Mumbai. > > At such meetings, he would often exhort the youth to study hard and get > good jobs, including in the police force. > > An engineer who joined the police force in 1982 because of a "desire to > serve people", Karkare had spent the past seven years in Austria as an > officer with India's external intelligence wing. Familiar with international > counter-terrorist operations, he returned to Mumbai in January this year. > > Even as he worked overtime to solve the Malegaon case, Karkare appeared > stressed and had been receiving death threats, said architect Anant Gadgil, > who has known Karkare for more than 20 years and met him over the weekend. > "He said he simply wanted to do a sincere job." > > Yesterday afternoon, the late officer's shocked family had yet to be told > the details of exactly how he died, said Gadgil. > > Karkare has three grown-up children and his wife Kavita teaches at a Mumbai > college. > > "He need not have led the charge. 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