Sadhvi and associates had Israel’s backing: Historian Amrish Mishra

Mumbai (India) : The candid journalist and renowned historian of India Mr. Amrish Mishra, expressed his displeasure over the withdrawal of the mcoca from Sadhvi Pragya and her associates in connection with Malegaon bomb blasts.

He said that it is regretting to note that our anti-terrorism squad (ATS) does not belong to India but it has deep roots with Israel.

He spoke to Siasat’s reporter Mr. Ather Moin from Delhi over phone and said that after the 26/11 incident in Mumbai where ATS officers including the brave Hemant Karkare, salined and in his place Mr. Raghuvanshi was appointed as the chief of ATS, it was a signal that very soon, the culprits who were on the suspect list of late Karkare, would get relief.

And it happened in the form of withdrawal of mcoca. Whatever inquiries done by late Karkare, showed that Sadhvi Pragya and her other associates affiliated Abhinav Bharat, had planned to convert India into a complete Hindu Rashtra by 2024. To gain their target, they, hands in glove with Israel, conducted bomb blasts at various places.

According to Mr. Mishra, in the charge sheet against Sadhvi Pragya, col. Purohit, swami Dayananad Pandey, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Ramesh Upadhyay, it was not clarified that they were planning to convert India into a complete Hindu Rashtra by 2024.

As the points finalized by the investigations of late Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar, could not have neglected totally, they were mentioned nominally in the charge sheet.

He asked a very relevant questions that why the series of bomb blasts were abruptly stopped after the arrest of Sadhvi & company?

The Muslim youths of Hyderabad, who were arrested in connection with twin bomb blast in the city, had proved their innocence and court has acquitted them but no action was taken against the faulty and communally biased police officers that had purposely indicted the Muslim youths.
(The author can be reached at: Wajid_siasat@yahoo.in)

I have no faith in Indian court, says Amir Kasab

Mumbai (India) October 12: Facing trial in the Mumbai attack case for nearly six months, the lone surviving Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab on Monday said he had 'no faith' in Indian court and made a dramatic plea for transfer of the case to an international court. But Judge M L Tahaliyani rejected 22-year-old Kasab's plea saying, "It is misconceived."

"I have no faith in Indian court and this case may be transferred to an International court," Kasab said in an application to the court. He had moved the application written in his own hand in Urdu. The application was filed through jail authorities who translated it into Marathi and produced before the court.

The judge asked Kasab whether he had written the application and he replied "Ji huzoor" (Yes, Sir). The trial of Kasab, whom police formally charged in February with several offences including 'waging war' against India, began on March 23 via a video link with his Arthur Road prison in Mumbai.

Kasab and other suspected Laskhar-e-Taiba operatives killed 166 people most of them muslims in a three-day rampage in the city on November 26 last.

In another development, the judge also rejected the plea of co-accused Fahim Ansari to stay the proceedings on the ground that he had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of the 26/11 case to some other court alleging that the recording of evidence was incorrect.

"This is yet another attempt by the accused to delay the trial," noted judge Tahaliyani while rejecting Fahim's plea to stay the proceedings.

While stating that he had no trust in the trial court, Fahim had alleged that he was not being allowed to meet his wife and proceedings of the case were not being correctly recorded.

The judge, rejecting his plea to stay the trial, observed, "The accused is employing delay tactics. His wife has been issued a permanent pass to attend the proceedings. Fahim is also allowed to meet his wife every day and the meeting time also has been increased from time to time."

"Despite getting all such facilities, Fahim has been misusing them. Also, whenever he is asked queries, he does not cooperate and gives evasive answers," the court observed.

On the allegation that proceedings were not being correctly recorded, the judge said it was 'misconceived' and added that there was no provision in law to have an audio-visual recording of the trial.

"Fahim is perhaps being instigated by outsiders," the court noted. Fahim is facing the charge of conspiring with other accused in the so-called terror attacks.

Police say they recovered maps of 26/11 terror locations which he allegedly handed over to LeT conspirators in Pakistan. The court has also issued contempt notice to Fahim asking him why contempt action should not be taken against him for making allegations against it in the application. (rediffmail.com)

Death is still a livelihood in Kashmir

Sheikh GULZAAR Srinagar: In strife-torn Kashmir, unemployment is rampant. But one business has boomed, thanks to militancy - the business of death. Tomb-makers and epitaph writers are an in-demand lot. Perhaps not as in demand as they were at the peak of militancy, yet, it is a viable career option. In 1989, Srinagar had seven tomb-makers. Now, there are more than 25. All are doing good business, even though the death rate has come down considerably in the last three years. "It's all is in the hands of Allah. He plays his own games," says Shabir Ahmad, a 50-year-old tomb-maker who has witnessed Kashmir's bloodiest years. "In a state where newspapers report dozens of deaths everyday, who would not try his luck in the business," he asks. Even security forces place orders for the memorial nameplates for their colleagues killed in action. Amjid Khan, 33, who did his graduation in Urdu, switched to the booming business in 1993. And there are many like him in the Valley. "The business of death is as old as time. And if the situation is 'hot' like Kashmir, it is financially very lucrative to carve tombs and epitaphs," he says. On an average, 90 people die in a month in Kashmir. In the early Nineties, it was more than 150 per month. With untimely and unnatural death becoming commonplace, graves, like life, have changed. Instead of intricately carved tombs, people now prefer granite and marble slabs. The reason - they are cheaper and can be made quicker. "There has been a 75 percent decrease in carved tombs. People prefer slabs of granite and marble instead," says Muhammad Jamal, who makes tombs and epitaphs. A carved tomb costs between Rs 800-4,000. But, granite and marble slabs cost between Rs 250-900. "These days, we inscribe 12-15 sheets of granite every month," says Jamal. He recalls the days when business was at its peak - 1990 to 1995. "Every day, we would get orders to carve epitaphs of people who had died in violent incidents." The trend of granite and marble slabs was started by the "martyrs' graveyard" and Idgah in Srinagar where more than 500 people are buried. All of them died in militancy-related incidents. The graveyard is dotted with similar slabs. Outsourcing has caught on too. "There is a sharp decrease in the supply of stones," says Ahmad Yousuf, a supplier in Khrew. Now, most of the granite and marble slabs come from Rajasthan. The katibs - people who write epitaphs - have also seen death change their lives. "There were times in 1995 when I would write on 20 stones a day." says M. Makhdoomi, a katib. On an average, a katib charges between Rs 50-100 to inscribe an epitaph. But Makhdoomi would rather not make so much money. "May Allah bring peace to the Valley," he says. Reyaz, a shop owner in downtown Srinagar, remembers when he got his life's biggest assignment. "I had to carve granite and marble for 33 people who died when police opened fire on protestors near Khanyar," he says. "All were buried in the same graveyard near the site of incident." There are approximately 17,000 such 'martyrs' graveyards' in Kashmir. Officials put the number of dead during armed freedom strugle between 55,000-70,000. But unofficially, the toll has crossed the One-lakh 80 thousand mark.(Writer-South Asia)

Hindu Zionists Behind Mumbai Attacks – Zaid Hamid

Hindu Zionists Behind Mumbai Attacks – Zaid Hamid

By Inam Abidi Amrohvi

Islamabad: I felt that a section of the Indian media acted a little immature by linking the terrorists to Pakistan even before the official word. Playing to the gallery gets you TRPs but doesn’t help the greater cause. Agreed the men came from Pakistan (as shared by the government later) but the country is itself fighting the same monster. It’s high time that we work together on countering this threat together rather than play the age old blame game. If Pakistan is serious we will get closer to the people who masterminded the Mumbai carnage. And for that it needs to do more than just mere assurances.

Replying to the Indian claims of the terrorists coming from Pakistan, a TV channel (News One) there has come up with its own weird conspiracy theory. I couldn’t watch the entire programme as it was too far fetched to digest and in a way mocked the sacrifices of some very brave men.

The video features Zaid Hamid. Hamid is an idependent Pakistani security expert and also the founder of BrassTacks – a Pakistani Think Tank devoted to the study of regional and global political events and their influence on Pakistan. He comes from a military background having signed up as a volunteer in the Afghan war. His jihadi roots speaks for his biased opinions and weird logic. On a lighter note he is a good entertainer with his kind of imagination.