Didn't stop the See Aye Yay boys in Guantanamo Cuba either
Serial Blasts in Mumbai
Re: Serial Blasts in Mumbai
VI@WA
The Trojan Horse within the Indian Judiciary.
Nineteen years ago, Mumbai the financial capital of India, was rocked by serial bomb blasts, in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on India.
Within 11 minutes, seven pressure cooker bombs ripped through the first class compartments of Mumbai local trains during peak hours and killed 209 innocent civilians. 800 people were injured, many of them maimed permanently and ended up in wheel-chairs for life.
This attack was carried out by sleeper cells in India itself, belonging to the banned terrorist group Indian Mujahideen.
12 Peacefuls were convicted for the blast - out of which 5 were awarded the death sentence and 7 were given life imprisonment by a special MCOCA court in 2015.
Today after 18 years of prosecution, the Mumbai High Court acquitted all 12 of the tεrror convicts and allowed them to walk free. So nobody is responsible for the deaths of innocent Indians.
But the most disturbing fact is that these guys were represented in court by Dr. S. Muralidhar, former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind provided legal aid in this case and engaged a team of lawyers, that included Dr. Muralidhar, to fight for the accused.
This man was twice nominated by the collegium for elevation to Supreme Court. However the government put its foot down and didn't budge.
Imagine what kind of judgements he would have given if he had been elevated to the apex court; and also why the collegium was so desperate to place him there?
About Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, it is the same organization which has been consistently fighting on behalf of several Jih@di tεrrorists.
Here is a list of some other cases where JUH provided legal aid to the accused Jih@dis :
▪ 2019 Kamlesh Tiwari Murder.
▪ 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks.
▪ 2002 Akshardham Temple Attack.
▪ 2010 German Bakery Bomb Blast.
▪ 2010 Chinnaswamy Stadium Bomb Blast.
▪ 2011 Zaveri Bazaar Serial Blasts.
▪ Indian Mujahideen conspiracy cases.
▪ SIMI conspiracy case (Madhya Pradesh).
▪ Ghatkopar Blasts.
▪ Al-Qaeda Module in Uttar Pradesh.
▪ ISIS Conspiracy Cases.
▪ Lashkar Connection Case.
Between Islamic organizations like JUH which fund the legal battles of tεrrorists, retired judges like Muralidhar who use their extensive knowledge of the legal system and its loopholes to fight for them and courts which overturn previous convictions - the enemy that we are fighting against is within our own walls.
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Re: Serial Blasts in Mumbai
For terrorism, we must have separate fast-track NIA courts that don't roll up under the SC. Normal detention rules, interrogation techniques, evidentiary procedures etc must not apply to them
Yes, it has potential for abuse, but these are basic requirements to fight Islamic Terrorism
Yes, it has potential for abuse, but these are basic requirements to fight Islamic Terrorism
Re: Serial Blasts in Mumbai
I am not sure HC is to blame on this one given how slip shod the investigation was. Chain of evidence were not followed, even in name which is basic requirement. I am the last person to defend the arbitrary judges that we have who are more interested in giving gyaan and quoting philosophers than the judgement, but in this case, should we blame them?
The other point is what was the prosecution doing in this case? They 100% had all knowledge of investigation and even a fresh LLB pass would have pointed this out - why didn’t they take whatever preventive measures or amend the chargesheet accordingly? I think it was a cynical attempt that they knew it would fly in MCOCA court but wouldn’t on appeals: by that time it wasn’t their problem as they would have retired and the undertrial would spend time in jail anyway…
The other point is what was the prosecution doing in this case? They 100% had all knowledge of investigation and even a fresh LLB pass would have pointed this out - why didn’t they take whatever preventive measures or amend the chargesheet accordingly? I think it was a cynical attempt that they knew it would fly in MCOCA court but wouldn’t on appeals: by that time it wasn’t their problem as they would have retired and the undertrial would spend time in jail anyway…
Re: Serial Blasts in Mumbai
Chorlonology :
1. The Prime Minister also held a security meeting at his residence attended by Home Minister Shivraj Patil, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, and Home Secretary V K Duggal.
2. On 21 July 2006, police arrested three people suspected to be involved in the bombings.[36] Police had detained more than 300 suspects since 18 July but these were the first arrests in the case.[37] Two of the men were detained on Thursday in the northern state of Bihar and the third later in Mumbai.[38][39] All three are said to belong to the banned SIMI organisation. On the same day, Abdul Karim Tunda was thought to be arrested in Mombasa, Kenya on suspicions of involvement in the train bombings.[40] but it was the wrong person. He was one of India's most wanted men and also a suspected organiser for the banned terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.[41] He was arrested in 2013 near the Nepal border.
In late 2006, all the seven key accused in the Mumbai train blasts in July retracted their alleged confession to the police, saying they were illegally forced to sign blank papers, an Indian TV channel reported
3. On 27 February 2009, Sadiq Sheikh, an arrested leader of the Indian Mujahideen confessed to his alleged role in the bombings in a news channel broadcast.[52] He claimed to have engineered the pressure cooker bombs with his associates in a flat in central Mumbai. If verified, these allegations could invalidate the previous claims by the ATS that the ISI or the SIMI were involved. Sadiq states in his confession, "All five of us arranged local first-class train passes beforehand. We also had the local train timetable with us so that we could choose a train as per our convenience. We purchased bags and pressure cookers in Bombay." He also claimed to have misled investigators by blaming the attacks on the Al-Qaeda. On 6 April 2013, IM co-founder Sadiq Sheikh was declared hostile witness by defence advocates.
4. M K Narayanan, the Indian National Security Advisor, has said that India doesn't have "clinching" evidence of the involvement of ISI in the Mumbai train blasts of 11 July.[citation needed]
"I would hesitate to say we have clinching evidence but we have pretty good evidence," he was quoted as saying on CNN-IBN.
5. Following Narayanan's remarks, the Union Home Secretary V.K. Duggal on Monday characterised the evidence as "very good [...] it is fairly solid evidence,". 5 On 25 September 2008, Hindustan Times reported that "the Crime branch also learnt that the men [behind 2008 Delhi bombings] are those very operatives who had introduced themselves as Pakistanis to perpetrators of 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings.
I sometimes wonder if these investigations were set to fail from the beginning itself. From 2006 to 2015 all investigations etc done under UPA rule
Look who controlled things:
1. Mouni BABA at Centre
2. Vilas Rao Deshmukh at State level
3. Shri Lalu mein Aloo as Railway Minister.
1. The Prime Minister also held a security meeting at his residence attended by Home Minister Shivraj Patil, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, and Home Secretary V K Duggal.
2. On 21 July 2006, police arrested three people suspected to be involved in the bombings.[36] Police had detained more than 300 suspects since 18 July but these were the first arrests in the case.[37] Two of the men were detained on Thursday in the northern state of Bihar and the third later in Mumbai.[38][39] All three are said to belong to the banned SIMI organisation. On the same day, Abdul Karim Tunda was thought to be arrested in Mombasa, Kenya on suspicions of involvement in the train bombings.[40] but it was the wrong person. He was one of India's most wanted men and also a suspected organiser for the banned terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.[41] He was arrested in 2013 near the Nepal border.
In late 2006, all the seven key accused in the Mumbai train blasts in July retracted their alleged confession to the police, saying they were illegally forced to sign blank papers, an Indian TV channel reported
3. On 27 February 2009, Sadiq Sheikh, an arrested leader of the Indian Mujahideen confessed to his alleged role in the bombings in a news channel broadcast.[52] He claimed to have engineered the pressure cooker bombs with his associates in a flat in central Mumbai. If verified, these allegations could invalidate the previous claims by the ATS that the ISI or the SIMI were involved. Sadiq states in his confession, "All five of us arranged local first-class train passes beforehand. We also had the local train timetable with us so that we could choose a train as per our convenience. We purchased bags and pressure cookers in Bombay." He also claimed to have misled investigators by blaming the attacks on the Al-Qaeda. On 6 April 2013, IM co-founder Sadiq Sheikh was declared hostile witness by defence advocates.
4. M K Narayanan, the Indian National Security Advisor, has said that India doesn't have "clinching" evidence of the involvement of ISI in the Mumbai train blasts of 11 July.[citation needed]
"I would hesitate to say we have clinching evidence but we have pretty good evidence," he was quoted as saying on CNN-IBN.
5. Following Narayanan's remarks, the Union Home Secretary V.K. Duggal on Monday characterised the evidence as "very good [...] it is fairly solid evidence,". 5 On 25 September 2008, Hindustan Times reported that "the Crime branch also learnt that the men [behind 2008 Delhi bombings] are those very operatives who had introduced themselves as Pakistanis to perpetrators of 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings.
I sometimes wonder if these investigations were set to fail from the beginning itself. From 2006 to 2015 all investigations etc done under UPA rule
Look who controlled things:
1. Mouni BABA at Centre
2. Vilas Rao Deshmukh at State level
3. Shri Lalu mein Aloo as Railway Minister.