Karkare’s response to a death threat: A 'smiley'

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The last days of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare were probably some of the busiest in his 26-year career in the Indian Police Service (IPS), and apparently tormented as well.

The ATS believed it had cracked the September 29 Malegaon bomb blast case, and about a month ago arrested Hindu extremists in a breakthrough that shocked the nation and added a new twist to the entire discourse on terror and religion.

But as the probe unravelled the alleged plot and the role of some Hindu leaders, the case got caught in the politics of terror and the ATS was at the centre of charges that it was being used as a tool to target the Sangh Parivar amid allegations of illegal detention and torture by some of the 11 arrested for the blast.

The BJP, RSS and VHP leaders, among others from the Hindu nationalist brigade, accused the ATS of being on a witch-hunt, with some even demanding that ATS officers be subjected to a narco-analysis to establish their motives.

No less a leader than the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, L K Advani, had demanded a change in the ATS team and a judicial inquiry into the torture allegations made by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key suspect in the Malegaon case.

The Shiv Sena too had come out in support of the suspects and on Wednesday had threatened in its mouthpiece Saamna that it would publish the names of some ATS officers and shame them as it said they had tortured the Malegaon suspects.

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Un matched proffessional commitmentBy: BABU AS | 11-May-2009 Reply | Forward Irrespective to what peple say every terrorist ,whether hindu or muslim ia an anti social elemmnet and aliability to society. Karkare has proved that no relegion is imune to terror training. After his raining in some anyasins and aswamis no terror bomb exploded in traim or bus which shows that he has booked the real culprit.I appreciate his courage and commitment in action of arresting a servingmilitary intelligence officer in this country it is not possible to take action aganist even an erring poloce consatble,I salute him

Karkare’s response to a death threat: A 'smiley'By: RAVI | 11-May-2009 Reply | Forward It is very unfortunate that we missed a brave hearted officer like Mr Hemant Karakare and others..It also sounds very bad (and not true )to hear that Hindu and Hindu agenda parties killed Mr Karkare.It is said that ATS was working under the direction of Mr Sharad Pawar and under the orders of RR PATIL, THE THEN hOME mINISTER.Under these politicians directions,it is heard that Pradnya SINGH tHAKUR AND OTHERS ARE BOOKED AS Terrorost.and was a POLITICAL MOVE TO IMPRESS mUSLIMS and misguide the people at large that Hindus are terrorist.Mr Pawar is a political ambitious leader and he can go to any extent to get votes of Muslims by creating a wrong impressions about Hindus.Many people say that Mr Pawar and his Home Minister Mr RR Patil were the people behind these peoples death.Mr Antulay wanted to say the same thing to the people at large but he was then compelled not to raise this issue,it is said. The role of politicians in this regard needs to examined by CBI

I HAVE PEOPLEBy: valluan | 26-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward SIR,MR. KARAKRE, I SALUTE YOU AS I LOOK YOU AS A FREEDOM FIGHTER, COZ, I FEEL THE SAME FEELING WHEN I HEARED OUR LATE PM INDIRA GANDI WAS SHOT DEAD BY HER OWN COMMANDOS. YOU ARE TOO BY IN SOME WAYS. YOU BRAVE HEART. I ALSO SALUTE THE INDIAN EXPRESS EDITOR IN CHEIF - BADMA VIBUSHAN MR. GUPTA FOR REMINDING HIM ALWAYS WHEN ALL THE MEDIAS HAVE FORGOTTON.I HAVE HOPE IN INDIA LONG LIVE COZ YOU REPRESENTED AND INSPIRED A LOTS.

India needs change !By: vingns | 24-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward The culprit are the Politicians,who will always talk that law takes its own course,when Mumbai was under unrest,due to marathi-bihari divide,created by another Politician to gain stature,when RahulRaj was encountered,when we were busy fighting among ourselves.Intelligence inputs were coming about the terror attack, which got ignored by ourPolice, who were giving statement about disclosure about the biggest internal terror network.The real terror was shown to us on 26/11.All the three brave officers must have been directed by,none other than homeminister,to face the bullets of a terrorist.The Politicians are insensitive,Indian laws have failed miserably due to dishonesty and distortion in its compliance . Now is the time for a change.The country should be divided in four zones,N,S,E,W.Everybody is an Indian.Instead of Politicians,the Army should rule this country,and the same discipline should be followed,as in the Defence services,otherwise many more attacks

BJP and Hindus should not have killed Hemant Karkare By: Surendra Jadhav | 22-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward It is very unfortunate that Hindus and Hindu agenda parties kill a Hindu! Hemant Karkare was most honest and fearless officer.