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Govt says no conspiracy; Antulay says ‘no apology’

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    Antulay denied that he ever raised doubts on who killed Karkare and ruled out apology for his remarks.
    Government on Tuesday rejected the conspiracy theory propounded by Union Minister A R Antulay over the death of Hemant Karkare, saying questions raised about the circumstances in which the former Maharashtra ATS chief was killed are 'wrong and deeply regrettable'.

    Making a statement in the Lok Sabha in the wake of ersisting demands by the Opposition after Antulay made the controversial remarks last week, Home Minister P Chidambaram aid there is "no truth in the different versions that have been circulated about the movement of Karkare on that fateful day."

    Amid slogan-shouting by the NDA members, Chidambaram gave details of sequence of events that led to the killing of Karkare and other two officers when terrorists struck in Mumbai on November 26.

    "The investigators have reached the conclusion that there is no truth whatsoever in the suspicion that there was a conspiracy to eliminate Shri Karkare or others," the Home Minister said.

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    "There is no truth in the different versions that have been circulated about the movement of Karkare on that fateful day," he asserted, rejecting the theory of conspiracy propounded by Antulay who has questioned who sent the ATSchief to Cama Hospital and demanded an inquiry into it.

    "In the days before his death, questions were raised about the genuineness of the investigations that were being conducted by Karkare in a terrorist case. After his death, questions are being raised about the circumstances in which he was killed. In my view, both are wrong and deeply regrettable," Chidambaram said.

    After the Home Minister's statement, Antulay said there is no need for further inquiry into Karkare's death.

    Antulay denied that he ever raised doubts on who killed the ATS chief and ruled out apology for his controversial remarks.

    He will be meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi but did not specify when.

    As Chidambaram was about to make the statement on 'circumstances leading to the death of Shri Hemant Karkare and other officers of the Mumbai Police', Leader of Opposition L K Advani raised objection, saying the Opposition's demand was a statement not on the circumstances but on Antulay's comments.

    "The House is agitated by the statement made by Antulay and not due to the circumstances leading to the death of Karkare," the BJP leader said.

    Speaker Somnath Chatterjee asked Advani to allow the Home Minister to make the statement first and then comment on it.

    However, Chatterjee's repeated pleas failed to persuade Advani and the Speaker asked Chidambaram to make the statement.

    This prompted Advani to lead a walkout of BJP and other associate members of NDA.

    "They have a right to walk out. I can't stop them. It is their democratic right," the Speaker said while the BJP and associate members left the House.

    Soon after the Home Minister started reading out his statement, the BJP and other NDA members returned to the House, shouting slogans.

    As the slogan-shouting continued, the Speaker asked Chidambaram, who was half-way through his statement, to lay the statement on the table of the House and adjourned the House for nearly two hours till 2 pm.

    In the statement, Chidambaram said the investigators had arrived at the conclusion that there was no conspiracy to kill Karkare on the basis of three eye-witnesses, including Ajmal Amir, the terrorist who was involved in the attack and was apprehended from the scene of the crime.

    Other two eye-witnesses were Arun Jadhav, a police naik who was also travelling along with Karkare and two other officers in the Qualis vehicle, and Maruti Madhavrao Phad, the driver of a government vehicle provided for the use of Maharashtra Principal Secretary (Health), he said.

    "The investigators have reconstructed the sequence of events by talking to a number of people including police officers and policemen who were present at different locations," the Home Minister said citing report from Maharashtra government.

    "The investigators have reached the conclusion that Shri Karkare took the most convenient route from his residence at Dadar (East) to the CST Railway Station and after conferring with the police officers at the Railway Station, decided to proceed to Cama Hospital," he said.

    NO WAR REQD..SHOOT DON By: naren | 28-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward NO WAR IS REQD. IF OUR INTELIGENT BRANCH IS DEDICATED TO SHOOT BOTH OF ABOVE OR ALL 20 TERRORISTS...CAN SHOOT BY SENDING OUR TRAINED TEAMS TO PAKISTAN...WITH EVERY GOVT. SUPPORT..FOR THAT GOVT. HAS TO APPOINT NEW 100-200 YOUNG IN ROW
    Antulay and his follyBy: Pinna | 24-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Congress may go on denying and hide behind "the error", but the damage has already been done. And the pity is Antuly still remains non-reluctant and adamant. There should not be any place for creatures like him in the Cabinet.
    The enemy withinBy: Bharat | 24-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward It has been abundantly clear that there was Pak involvment in the Mumbai attack. Only a moron or a traitorous viper would muddy the waters by casting aspertions on the findings.Why wont the govt of India sack this excuse of a 'leader'?By allowing him to go scot free, without a censure, Congress is doing a grave disservice to its vote bank.How many such fifth columnists are there in India?
    antulay utterancesBy: V Joshi | 24-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Politicians like Mr.Antulay are great threat to democracy in India. He shhould know that non-muslim persons have no human rights in any Islamic country. Ifeel secularism is unsuitable to India.Muslims have more rights than Brahmins like myself.Secularism should be restricted to the religions of India but not foreign or imported religions.
    SMALL MAN!By: James Mohamed | 23-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Antulay is a small man incapable of honesty or apology.It is best to ignore such trash or investigate to ensure he does not have ill designs against the nation.
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