Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria‘s book titled ‘Let Me Say It Now’ has made a stunning disclosure that the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had planned to project the 26/11 Mumbai attack as a case of ‘Hindu terrorism’.
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The Book Says… According to the book, if the 26/11 Mumbai attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab would not have been caught alive he would have died as a Bengaluru resident Samir Dinesh Chaudhari with a ‘red thread tied around his wrist’ portraying his Hindu identity according to the plan. A picture of Kasab hints at the red thread on his hand. It was reported that the terrorists were provided with fake ID cards of Arunodaya College in Hyderabad and a similar one by the name ‘Samir Dinesh Chaudhari‘ was planned for Ajmal Kasab too.
There would have been screaming headlines on newspapers claiming how Hindu terrorists had attacked Mumbai. Over the top, TV journalists would have made a beeline for Bengaluru to interview his family and neighbors. – Rakesh Maria in his book
Through the investigation, it was revealed that Ajmal Amir Kasab belonged to Faridkot in Pakistan and originally the terror attack on Mumbai was planned on the 27th day of Roza i.e. September 27, 2008.
Kasab’s Allegory of Cave The former commissioner’s daily personal interrogation gave a deep insight into the psyche of how terrorist outfits operated. He says, “Our daily interactions forged some sort of a bond between Kasab and me, and soon Kasab began addressing me respectfully as ‘Janab‘ (sir).” In the interrogations, Kasab revealed that he had initially joined LeT for committing robberies and had nothing to do with jihad. After three rounds of training in Pakistan, he was given Rs 1,25,000 and a week-long family visit where he gave the money to his family for his sister’s wedding. Kasab had a belief that Muslims were not allowed to offer namaaz in India, and mosques were locked up by the authorities. He had assumed that the azaan he heard five times a day in the crime branch lockup was his imagination. The police officer Ramesh Mahale says that Kasab was bewildered when he saw the namaaz in progress when he took him to a mosque near Metro Cinema to clear his doubts. The book also describes how Rakesh Maria made Kasab say ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ twice. Rakesh Maria revealed that keeping Kasab alive was his first priority. He writes that “Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Lashkar were upon eliminating him by hook or crook to obliterate the only living evidence of their heinous deed.” The Dawood Ibrahim gang was given the responsibility to kill Kasab and thus fearing the security, Mumbai police had tried hard to not disclose any details in the media.
26/11 Terror Act was a ISI & UPA joint operation to launch Hindu Terror operation and ban RSS. It fizzled because a brave Policeman caught Kasab alive. All ten others were killed. They were dressed as Hindus would be. A new investigation necessary. — Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) February 18, 2020
Political Twist The disclosure has now taken a political turn wherein Union Minister Piyush Goyal has accused the Congress of plotting a conspiracy to project Hindu terror.
Why is Maria speaking now? As police chief, he should have spoken then and taken action. We condemn the Congress and P Chidambaram for trying to spin a web of lies. Terrorists have no religion. – Union Minister Piyush Goyal
In 2010, Congress leader Digvijay Singh had linked the killing of Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare during the 26/11 terror attacks to the alleged threats Karkare had received from Hindu extremists while he had released a book “26/11 RSS Ki Saazish?” in Mumbai. He also had fiercely attacked radical Hindu groups and mainly RSS for what he termed as ‘majority terrorism’. It is to be noted that the book release featured Bollywood Director Mahesh Bhatt whose son Rahul Bhatt was good friends with LeT operative David Headley.
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Rakesh Maria I.P.S is the former Director-General of Home Guards and former Commissioner of Police, Mumbai. He belongs to the 1981 batch of the IPS. His first posting was as assistant superintendent of police in Akola, and then Buldhana. He came to Mumbai in 1986. As the Deputy Commissioner Police (Traffic) in 1993, he cracked the Bombay serial blasts case. He also cracked the 2003 Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar twin blasts case and was given the responsibility of investigating the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. He was appointed as the Commissioner of Mumbai Police on 15 February 2014 and retired on 31 January 2017 after 36 years of distinguished service. More Info
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was a Pakistani militant and a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamist militant organisation, through which he took part in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. He was the only attacker captured alive by police who had killed 72 people during the attacks. Kasab was found guilty of 80 offences, including murder, waging war against India, possessing explosives, and other charges. The court sentenced him to death on four counts and to a life sentence on five counts and Kasab was hanged on 21 November 2012 at 7:30 am and buried at Pune’s Yerwada Jail. More Info
Lashkar-e-Taiba is one of the largest and most active Islamist terrorist organizations operating mainly from Pakistan. The group operates several training camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The group is responsible most notably for the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the 2019 Pulwama attack. Its states its objective to introduce an Islamic state in South Asia and to ‘liberate’ Muslims residing in Indian Kashmir. The organization is banned as a terrorist organization by India, USA, UK, EU, Russia, Australia, and the United Nations. More Info
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