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Govt behind Parliament attack,26/11: Ishrat probe officerTNN Jul 14, 2013, 12.30AM IST

NEW DELHI: In what is certain to escalate thealready vicious fight between the CBI and the IBover the IshratJahan "fake encounter case", aformer home ministry officer has alleged that amember of the CBI-SIT team had accusedincumbent governments of "orchestrating" theterror attack on Parliament and the 26/11 carnage inMumbai.

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R V S Mani, who as home ministry under-secretary signed the affidavits submitted in court inthe alleged encounter case, has said that Satish Verma, until recently a part of the CBI-SITprobe team, told him that both the terror attacks were set up "with the objective ofstrengthening the counter-terror legislation (sic)".

Mani has said that Verma "...narrated that the 13.12. 2001(attack on Parliament) was followedby Pota (Prevention of Terrorist Activities Act) and 26/11 2008 (terrorists' siege of Mumbai)was followed by amendment to the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act)."

The official has alleged Verma levelled the damaging charge while debunking IB's inputslabelling the three killed with Ishrat in the June 2004 encounter as Lashkar terrorists.

Contacted by TOI, Verma refused to comment. "I don't know what the complaint is, madewhen and to whom. Nor am I interested in knowing. I cannot speak to the media on suchmatters. Ask the CBI," said the Gujarat cadre IPS officer who after being relieved from the SITis working as principal of the Junagadh Police Training College.

Mani, currently posted as deputy land and development officer in the urban developmentministry, has written to his seniors that he retorted to Verma's comments telling the IPS officerthat he was articulating the views of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI.

According to him, the charge was levelled by Verma in Gandhinagar on June 22 whilequestioning Mani about the two home ministry affidavits in the alleged encounter case.

In his letter to the joint secretary in the urban development ministry, Mani has accused Vermaof "coercing" him into signing a statement that is at odds with facts as he knew them. He saidVerma wanted him to sign a statement saying that the home ministry's first affidavit in theIshrat case was drafted by two IB officers. "Knowing fully well that this would tantamount tofalsely indicting of (sic) my seniors at the extant time, I declined to sign any statement."

Giving the context in which Verma allegedly levelled the serious charge against thegovernment, Mani said the IPS officer, while questioning him, had raised doubts about thegenuineness of IB's counter-terror intelligence. He disputed the veracity of the input on theantecedents of the three killed in June 2004 on the outskirts of Ahmedabad with Ishrat in thealleged encounter which has since become a polarizing issue while fuelling Congress's fightwith Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.

Gujarat Police has justified the encounter citing the IB report that Pakistani nationals ZeeshanZohar, Amzad Ali Rana and Javed Sheikh were part of a Lashkar module which had reachedGujarat to target Modi and carry out terrorist attacks.

In its first affidavit, filed in August 2009, the home ministry had cited IB inputs that those

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killed with Ishrat in the alleged encounter were part of a Lashkar sleeper cell, and had objectedto a CBI probe into the "encounter".

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Brazil's economy is booming. Invest in forestry,12%p.a. See moreIn its second affidavit, filed in September 2009, the home ministry, irked by the Gujaratgovernment treating the first affidavit as justification of the encounter, said the IB input did notconstitute conclusive proof of the terrorist antecedents of those killed. It supported the demandfor a CBI probe.

Mani said Verma doubted the input saying MHA's first affidavit was actually drafted by IBofficer Rajinder Kumar, who looked after IB's operations in Gujarat at the time of Ishrat"encounter" and now runs the serious risk of being chargesheeted by the CBI for hatching theconspiracy behind the alleged extra-judicial killings.

Mani said Verma stuck to his guns even after being told that the home ministry did not needoutside help. The former home ministry official said Verma insisted that the "input" wasprepared after the encounter.

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09 Oct, 2013 09:18 PMGaurav Mahendru (Delhi)

basically sympathisers of islamic fascists and supporters of hindu genocide have raised the bogey of hinduinvolvement in massacre of hindus in mumbai . it is a known fact that islamic fascist always cover up their tracks bybribing and threatening weak government officials depending upon what narrative suits them, islamic fascist havejustified killing innocents and now comes the shocker, a government official has sided with the perpretator of thegruesome and cold blooded murder of indians in mumbai.

11 Aug, 2013 11:17 PMpardysingh (Location)

Who cares. Once Modi is PM, the only arguments will be which state of India is developing faster.

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23 Jul, 2013 06:57 PMkrishnak2041 (Bareilly)

This kind of stories will continue to make the headlines till CBI , parrot in the cage,becomes free and the 2014elections are over. The present central govt and congress leaders must malign Modi even at the cost of nationalsecurity , both internal and external.

21 Jul, 2013 10:20 PMRohan Kusnur (Mumbai, Maharashtra)

For all my Indian Muslim friends.. Kindly watch a video by Mr. Najam Sethi, one of the most respected Pakistanijournalists discussing this issue on his show Aapas Ki Baat on Geo News, Pakistan. Please watch it and draw yourown conclusions. This website does not allow me to post any links. You can find it easily on youtube. Just searchfor "Aapas Ki Baat 19th July 2013". Conspiracies are never what they seem.

22 Jul, 2013 06:41 PMsher dil (canada) replies to Rohan Kusnur

Najam sethi is a proindian journalist , he would always speak in favour of india and cover India'sfault . He would never question indian security failures. There is never smoke withour fire .Its timethat india drama is opening up !

09 Oct, 2013 09:19 PMGaurav Mahendru (Delhi) replies to sher dil

bribing and threatening R V S Mani or enlisting the support of sympathisers ofislamic fascist is not going to absolve muslims of the blood of innocents that theyhave on their hands. by lying islamic fascists have only confirmed that islam is areligion of death

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