Scapegoat or terrorist

Thursday, December 14, 2006 Afzal Guru: Scapegoat or a terrorist? The queer case of Afzal Guru Afzal was a surrendered militant. Afzal states that: He was frequently asked by the STF to work for them. He often paid large sums of money to the STF to avoid and/or escape detention; he was detained as late as 2000. He was asked to become a Special Police Officer. He met someone called Tariq in the STF camp. This Tariq was already working for the STF and he wanted Afzal to join the force as well. Afzal was introduced to someone called Mohammad by Tariq, also in the STF camp Tariq persuaded him to take Mohammad to Delhi from where Mohammad was planning to go abroad. Note that in his confession, Afzal admitted to bringing one of the militants’, Mohammad, to Delhi from Srinagar. In fact, Afzal denied every aspect of his involvement in the conspiracy to which he had allegedly confessed earlier. “I had not identified any terrorist. The police told me the names of terrorists and forced me to identify.” Needless to say, Afzal also stated that the police made him sign a pre-written disclosure and confession; he also gave graphic details of the illegal procedure under which these were obtained. A number of disturbing consequences follow. First, Afzal was in close touch with the security agencies throughout the period starting from 1993 to at least 2000. Second, three of the people (Tariq, Afzal, Mohammad: the mastermind, the link, the attacker), allegedly involved in the attack, originated from the STF camp itself. If Tariq was, in fact, spotted in the STF camp, how was he allowed to go un-investigated? If Afzal had to report regularly to the STF, how could they not have known anything about the conspiracy? Would militants repose trust in someone who was in regular contact with the STF? 10:42:20 AM Posted By Lesson Learner Comments (2) Politics Comments yaveshrana Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:52:16 PM Sir,ANDHA HUN MAIN,ANDHA SAHI,NEKI KA DABEDAAR NAHIN;PAR PEHAN KE CHOLA MAZHAB KA,MAIN MAUT KA THEKKEDAAR NAHIN;KANOON MERA DHANDHA HAI,SHARAFAT KA KAROBAR NAHIN;JO NAAM KHUDA KA LETE HAI,WOH KHUDA KE TABEDAAR NAHIN.JAB TAK AAP JAISE AANKHO WALE MAZHAB KE THEKEDAAR ZINDA HAI, TOH KANOON KO PATTI KHOLNE SE KOI FAIDA NAHIN.AAP AANKHEN HONE PAR BHI DEKH NAHIN SAKTE.Andha kaun--PATTI WALA YA AANKHON KI ROSHNI GUM WALA? K.Venugopal Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:57:35 PM Dear Lesson Learner, All the words you quote are based on Afzal's words. Afzal denied his earlier confession. Can we take his words at face value?