Friday, December 14, 2012

Terrorism in India : Whose puppet?


"A mere statement of L-e-T terrorist Ajmal Kasab, who was executed on November 21, about Saeed’s involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks could not be the only evidence to nail Saeed. “It needs further corroboration,” (Source: The Hindu)

- This was said by Pakistan's Internal Minister Rehman Malik on 14-12-12, when India wanted Pakistan's permission to take into custody Hafiz Saeed, the person who was called as Mastermind of 26/11 attacks by Ajmal Kasab and who is believed to be the active member of Lashkar-e-Taiba. While the Indian home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was confident that India will have custody of the suspect for investigation, it is now a disheartening news that this will not happen not only to him, but the public as well who were hoping to gain some development on the 26/11 case.

Who is Hafiz Saeed?

  • Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was born in 1950 in Sargodha, Punjab and moved to Lahore during the partition of India.
  • He was the amir(ruler) Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, one of the largest and most active Islamic terrorist organisation acting mainly from Pakistan.
  • The United Nations declared Jama'at-ud-Da'wah as a terrorist organization and Hafiz Saeed as its leader in December 2008.
  • Recently Ajmal kasab the one who was hanged recently for the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai stated Hafiz saeed as the mastermind behind the attacks.
  • He is considered a terrorist by India because of his ties with Lashkar-e-taiba and its continuous attacks on India.
Having said all these facts,  any activities related to a particular terrorist organisation shall be traced back to it's most active front line members. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26/11 the lone survivor Ajmal kasab is a member of LeT and though Hafiz saeed has pleaded that he is in no way related to Lashkar-e-taiba, on the basis of doubt, Indian government  must have been given permission to take under custody hafiz saeed for investigation. Hafiz Saeed has been freely moving around in Pakistan and is also indulged in provocative anti-India rhetoric. 

But even after Ajmal Kasab' statement that Hafiz Saeed is the mastermind behind the 26/11 attacks the Pakistan Interior Minister has rejected the request for taking Hafiz Saeed into custody, stating that a mere statement by a terrorist is not enough, keeping in mind the relations between India & Pakistan in the past, an interior minister must have made sure that even the slightest possibility for doubts for their good relationship with India. But his statement has made people question "Why the Pakistan Govt. is not accepting the statement of a dangerous terrorist against a person who is considered as even more dangerous??" 

If Pakistan is shielding Hafiz Saeed, allowed him to roam freely in Pakistan but hesitating to handover him to India, what value must he have to them?? Whether he has information about Pakistan's involvement in Terrorism in India?? Or is the entire terrorism attacks on India are held by Pakistan in the name of these organisations and these organisations and terrorists are just mere puppets??

To all these questions not time can answer but it lies with Hafiz Saeed. The truths shall unfold only when he is handed to India. To make this a possibility the Indian Govt. must make serious demands until which this won't be a possibility and people here will be believing the terrorist attacks are just a mere show by Pakistan.

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