Another Drama Staged by The Indian Police

It seems that the Mumbai drama was not enough for some. Perhaps the Lucknow ATS (Indian Anti Terror Squad) has been feeling left out, and wanted to stage one of its own too. This too has all the hallmarks of Bollywood stories, only this one has been revealed by the Indian media itself as having many loopholes, just like the Mumbai production we all saw recently. Perhaps it was the fear that drove the Lukhnow ATS to this ridiculous "performace", fear of being murdered just like the ATS chief karkare (for being honest), or was it the lack of honest leadership that lead to this Kullywood performance after karkare's death? Here is how it happened according to the ATS :

According to the additional director general of police (ADGP) Brij Lal, while briefing newsmen in Lucknow, the ATS team started screening vehicles..... passing from the Amity police outpost towards Delhi around 2:15 am when they saw a Maruti 800 trying to steer clear of the police check (How do you steer clear of the police check point at 2:15 am? must have been full of traffic in those early hours while trying to dodge the check point?). As the ATS commandoes tried to intercept the car, it took an adjacent road and tried to escape. As the exchange of fire continued (slow down for a minute Mr Lal, when did the exchange of fire actually start?) from the two sides, the ATS commanoded managed to hit the rear tyre of the suspects' car (it must have been the other side tyre, as the picture shows the left hand side of the car and tyres are ok).

"It was here that the car occupants started firing from AK series rifles. (So was there or wasn't there an exchange of fire as said above already?) The ambush left one of our sleuths Vinod Kumar with a bullet injury. While the exchange of fire was underway, back-up from Noida police arrived on the scene (I wonder how many thousand "trained men" this time to counter these two) . Shortly thereafter firing from opposite side stopped. It was subsequently revealed that the car was occupied by two persons who had suffered bullet injuries. They were rushed to the hospital (did you say "hospital" Mr Bridget Lal? In India where a superior Judge says the terrorists are animals and do not deserve human rights?),"

On way to the hospital, one of them identified himself (I suppose it was necessary for registering with the doctor to identify himself?) as Farooq of Akara (the only Akara I have seen in Indian and Pakistani Punjab is the kubaddi akara, as in kubaddi kubaddi kubaddi ) in Pakistan and his aide as Abu Ismail of Rawalkot in Pakistan. However by the time the two could reach the hospital, they succumbed (But they still managed to "confess" very conveniently JUST before dying) . The doctors at the hospital pronounced them "dead upon arrival".

Mr Brij Lal also told the reporters that they had recovered 1.5 Kilos RDX from the car too (now would it be the same RDX that the Indian army had been supplying to the Hindu terrorists for their train bombings Mr Lal?).

Deputy ATS IG Rajeev Krishnam also says "a Pakistani passport which has the photograph of Farooq has also been recovered (didnt he know that this is the new trend in Indian terrorism? ). But in the passport, his name is mentioned as Ali Ahmad of Rahimyar in Pakistan. It remains to be established as to which of the two identities was the real one" (does it sound familiar at all?).

My light hearted comments aside, here is the report from The Times of India which may help to establish further truth about this staged kullywood drama.

SOURCE: The Times of india:

NOIDA/LUCKNOW: Talk about coincidence. Two "terrorists", out to stage a Republic Day "attack" in Delhi, stopped at a tea stall to ask for directions from a man who just happened to be a police informer, related to a constable. Not just that, the barrel of an AK gun was peeping out from their bag. The "hawk-eyed" informer spotted this and promptly told the cops.

Too pat for comfort? Well, that's the version of the UP ATS. And that's not the only thing that raises increasing doubts about the veracity of the pre-dawn Noida encounter. The two alleged "Pakistani terrorists" who were gunned down on Sunday morning weren't carrying either a satellite phone or a mobile, the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad said on Monday. This would make it a first among major terror strikes in recent times where the attackers had no means of communicating among themselves or receiving instructions from their handler

Experts say, for terror outfits, communication is a crucial element of any operation, be it the 26/11 Mumbai attack or the Delhi serial blasts.

That's not all. It now surfaces that there are two versions on where the ATS team started chasing the militants. The ATS says the pursuit began from Amity checkpost in Noida, which is around 6km from the spot where the alleged terrorists, Farookh and Ismail, were killed. A press note issued by the director general of police headquarters in Lucknow said that after the vehicle was spotted near the Amity police outpost and the ATS men waved it to stop, the Maruti took a right turn and tried to speed off. A hot pursuit, exchange of fire and final assault by the men in uniform finally brought the curtains down on the ambush, it added.

Noida police sources, however, maintain that the terrorists ? who ``confessed'' before dying that they were from Pakistan ? were chased for 25km starting from Lal Kuan area in Ghaziabad, where the informer first spotted their "suspicious activities''.

The nature of the tip-off too raises doubts. Asked how the police informer became suspicious, deputy inspector general (ATS) Lucknow, Rajiv Krishna, said he had seen them with an AK rifle. The barrel of the rifle was sticking out of an unzipped portion of a bag, he explained, adding that the informer was actually a relative of a police constable. ``The barrel of AK rifles has a typical `A' shaped target guide. The informer saw the bag and noticed that ‘A' jutting out,'' explained Krishna.

It appears from this version that the terrorists were incredibly indiscreet about the arms they were carrying for the mission.

According to the ATS, the informer had even communicated to them his perception that the two suspects did not appear to be locals and their dialect had a `Muslim touch'.

“Actually, the two suspects stopped at a tea-stall near Lal Kuan, and by sheer luck, they asked our informer about the route and distance to Delhi,'' Krishna said.

The terrorists, with gun jutting out of a bag, asking an informer about the route to Delhi on Republic Day eve! Sheer coincidence or a badly constructed tale? If you add to this the claim that the terrorists were trying to enter the Capital in the early morning of R-Day ? when security was likely to be at its tightest ^ the version appears incredible.

The ATS, however, is sticking to its guns. Said Brij Lal, additional director general of police, law and order, Crime and Anti-Terrorist Squad, “There is a bullet mark on the vehicle that was leading the chase. One of our jawans even suffered a bullet injury on his leg and is still in hospital. In fact, a surgery had to be performed on his wound on Monday to help it heal faster.''

``As far as the suspects' car is concerned (which has no bullet marks), the cops chasing them targeted the lower portion of the car and it was because of this that one of the rear tyres was punctured, forcing them to abandon the vehicle and run for cover in the open,'' Brij Lal said.

One of the ATS "Jawans" in action, says Brij Lal.

Interestingly, the encounter site in sector 97 Noida is the same spot where a criminal, Narendra, alias Kalu, was shot dead on December 18, 2008. He had allegedly murdered three businessmen in Baghpat a few weeks earlier. That's not all. Three other criminals, including gangster Birju Pahadi, were gunned down at exactly this spot on April 17 last year.

A Noida police officer said, ``Well, that is a lonely spot where criminals can hide, absolutely undisturbed. Besides, these may just be a coincidence.''

Some of the other evidence recovered may include the following items as soon as the "investigators" are done (looking around for such items):

Ahmed Haleem Massala (above)

National Achar Masala: Made in Pakistan (above)

A 20 KG pack of Pakistani rice

A towel, clearly Pakistani as it is green.

Joshanda packet shown by the police. clearly made by Qureshi Sahib in Pakistan

The Police informer says what made him REAL suspicious was the way two men were drinking tea in Pakistani style as shown above.

The two terrorists were allegedly planning to celebrate with this Halwa mix, and had the pan, and other cooking utensils with them for this purpose too as shown below (again clearly Lahore Karahi):