Forced Ajmal Kasab To Say “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”: Ex-Mumbai Top Cop In Book
Rakesh Maria had led the investigation into the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults.
Mumbai:
All the way through the process the investigation into the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria made Ajmal Kasab — the one Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist stuck alive — say “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” again and again.
Rakesh Maria printed this in his memoir, titled “Let Me Say It Now”, which is about to be introduced quickly. The e book is a private account of the prestigious police officer who investigated the rustic’s maximum high-profile terror probe whilst serving as an IPS officer.
In his memoir, Rakesh Maria main points how Ajmal Kasab used to be taken to the morgue when he attempted explaining away the phobia assault — which ended in over 160 deaths — as his contribution to the reason for “jihad”. Because the terrorist nearly vomited upon seeing the our bodies of his useless comrades, the police officer stored asking whether or not he nonetheless felt if his venture used to be justified.
Rakesh Maria says that even though Ajmal Kasab appeared to lose his conviction sooner or later in time, he by no means in point of fact apologised for his deeds. The e book additionally narrates how the police officer made him say “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” whilst bringing the terrorist again from the morgue.
An excerpt from “Let Me Say It Now”:
The convoy got here to the Metro junction, the stretch round which this monster had unleashed dying only a few days in the past, killing my pricey colleagues and blameless fellow voters. I do not know what came around me once more. I finished the convoy and were given out of my automotive. I made them take Kasab out. It should had been round four:30 within the morning. The wintry weather evening used to be cold and the temples and mosques had nonetheless no longer woken as much as the gods.
‘Bend down and contact the bottom along with your brow,’ I ordered Kasab. Spooked, he meekly adopted my directions.
‘Now say: Bharat Mata Ki Jai (Hail Mom India),’ I commanded.
‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai!’ mentioned Kasab. Now not happy with simply as soon as, I made him repeat it two times.
In his memoir, Rakesh Maria additionally says that Ajmal Kasab would have died a Bengaluru resident named “Samir Dinesh Chaudhari” with a “purple risk tied round his wrist” if the terrorists had succeeded of their plan to undertaking the assault as an act of “Hindu terror”.
The declare has sparked a political row, with the ruling BJP accusing the Congress of “plotting a conspiracy” to undertaking “Hindu terror”.
