[Reader-list] Doctor claims he saw the Ansal incident

[Mainak Ray]

http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=1&cat2=22&newsid=27105

Doctor claims he saw the Ansal incident
- By Shiv Pujan Jha 



New Delhi, Nov. 5: A doctor who claims he was an eye-witness to the shootout between the Delhi police and the two terrorists killed in the basement of Ansal Plaza on Sunday night alleged that the "two men were unarmed and were shot dead by the police."

Dr H. Krishna claimed no shootout took place between them. He said he was in the basement of the shopping complex along with his wife and son at the time of the incident. 

Talking to The Asian Age, Dr Krishna dismissed the reports appearing in the media that the terrorists were killed after an encounter with the Special Cell of the Delhi police. He said that while he was in the basement he saw two men in their early 20s, "barely able to walk," come out of a car. "Being a doctor I could easily make out that either they had not slept for several days or had taken a heavy dose of sleeping pills," said the doctor. He said that at the time of the incident there were about seven to eight other people in the basement. 

"The two boys were shot dead in front of us," Dr H. Krishna claimed and said the police version that "the terrorists opened fire on the police party" was false. He said, "They were empty-handed when they stepped out from the car" and pointed out: "Had there been a real encounter the other people in the basement would have been injured." 

He denied that the terrorists had two bags containing ammunition. He said the two boys were shot dead a few metres away from each other. Dr H. Krishna added: "The cops fired about 30 to 35 bullets. It lasted hardly for a minute. They were unarmed."

Dr Krishna said he tried to refute the statement of a senior police officer while he was briefing some reporters but "was hushed up by his (the officer's) shadow." He said he left the place in exasperation when he saw more and more media persons converge and take down the statements of the senior police officers. "I went to the McDonald's restaurant along with my wife and son and stayed there, observing everything till late in the night," he said.

After the telephonic conversation with the doctor, The Asian Age team reached his residence and found some men who appeared to be plainclothes policemen hovering around the house. The Asian Age team found the house locked from the outside. A man in his early 20s answered the doorbell and from behind the iron-grill door said the doctor had stepped out. By that time the plainclothes men had disappeared. Earlier, talking to The Asian Age, the doctor had expressed the fear that he may be "traced and silenced." Dr Krishna, however, said he would not be afraid "to speak out on the matter before the President of the country."


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