Re: Malegaon blasts and the limits of fake secularism
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:10
Under the current ruling dispensation, it does not seem that the 200 dead in Mumbai will get any justice. I am trying to ensure that atleast the 11 that are still alive do not join them.
It sems the wide-spread sympathy generated by Karkare's death has swayed the judge, finally.
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It sems the wide-spread sympathy generated by Karkare's death has swayed the judge, finally.
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It was a mini victory for the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) as it had failed to get the court's permission to question the accused the first time it produced them before a special MCOCA judge. On Wednesday, special public prosecutor Rohini Salian argued that ATS sleuths had found traces of RDX and ammonium nitrate at the house of another accused Sudhakar Chaturvedi. The ATS suspects that the bombs used in Malegaon may have been assembled at his house.
In response to the allegations, Purohit's lawyer Shrikant Shivade argued that the military command was aware that Purohit had met Chaturvedi. "He is privy to military secrets and cannot disclose them to ATS for fear that they could be leaked to the wrong people,'' Shivade said. He added that Purohit's interrogation would be "detrimental to national security'' and the ATS should ask the southern command of the army for intelligence reports he had submitted as an operative. This would help the ATS officials understand why he had been in touch with the other accused in the case.
The court sent the other accused, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, to judicial custody till December 16.