[Reader-list] Kasab brought from Nepal by Indian forces?

[Fatima फ़ातिमा]

Sorry, I don't want to promote any conspiracy theories, but this one
sounded too interesting:
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Kasab was arrested by Indian agencies in Kathmandu 2 years ago

16 Dec 2008, 0814 hrs IST, TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES

Adding a twist to the conspiracy theories in Pakistan's media, a
lawyer C M Farooque has claimed that the surviving Mumbai attack
accused Ajmal Kasab was arrested in Kathmandu in 2006 by Indian
agencies with the help of Nepalese forces, media reported from
Rawalpindi on Monday.

''C M Farooque, Advocate, said the Nepalese forces arrested almost 200
people including Kasab before 2006 and his application in this regard
was lying pending in the Nepalese supreme court in which Nepalese
forces and Indian High Commission were made respondents,'' said the
report .

It added that the advocate had claimed he wrote letters to Pakistan
and Indian governments and addressed a press conference in Nepal on
the issue . The report further said that Kasab's parents had contacted
Farooque's NGO for help.

It concluded, '' The people arrested in Nepal had gone there on legal
visa for business but Indian agencies were in the habit of capturing
Pakistanis from Nepal and afterwards implicated them in the Mumbailike
incidents to malign Pakistan .'' In the meantime, sabrerattling
ratcheted up in Pakistan's media, both English and Urdu, following
reports of 'incursions ' by IAF jets.

Although India denied any such incident, and Pakistan's political
leadership played it down, several newspaper editorials in Pakistani
papers believe otherwise, and ticked off the Pakistan government for
its soft attitude.

The Peshawar-based Frontier Post said in a sharp editorial , '' When
the Indian fighter planes intruded into our territory the same day by
at least four kilometres in our two sectors located far apart, this
cannot be believed to be inadvertent trespassing.''

It went on to warn '' if the Pakistan leadership keeps acting as the
apologist of this patently provocative Indian intrusion, it is only
shooting itself in the foot''.

The tone was censorial in The Nation's editorial as well. '' Aerial
incursions could have been a right time for Islamabad to mount a
diplomatic offensive and raise the issue of these violations at the UN
to ward off any future military adventurism by India,'' said the
daily.

The News, too, suggested that the alleged incursions were no
'mistake'. '' Both New Delhi and Islamabad have put the incident down
to a 'mistake' , this sounds unconvincing. The fact that the
incursions happened within 24 hours in two separate sectors makes the
official explanations seem still less likely . It is thought the
Indians may have been attempting to test readiness,'' said its
editorial.

Pakistan's leading Urdu daily , Jang, lashed out at India for
aggravating the strained Indo-Pak relationship. Its editorial said
that India has dangerous intentions and Pakistan should be prepared to
meet any challenge .

Reminding India that the 17 million Pakistanis have a right to defend
their sovereignty , the editorial said that Pakistan could go to any
extent to protect itself. An opinion piece by economist Kaiser Bengali
in the Dawn provided a argument against state patronage of terrorists
.

''Clearly, there is an infrastructure with organizational , financial
and operational resources to recruit, indoctrinate and train the
jihadis. Clearly , such an infrastructure cannot operate without
tolerance or support from powerful elements aligned to state
agencies.''