[Reader-list] Lt.Col. Purohit and Arabic language lessons

[Javed]

Dear Rajendra
Now you have come to the point. People were asking the same question
in the case of Batla House encounter and other previous terror cases:
HOW does media decide on its own even before the charge-sheet, the
remand, the court apearance and so on? Yes we have come to the common
ground now. Media is neither your friend nor mine. Many people jumped
to the conclusions even then.

But I asked you: where did you get the story about the "technical"
ground of Geelani's acquittal (his having Parliament floor plan) - I
would be keen to know your source...

J

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:40 PM, rajendra bhat <raja_starkglass at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Javed,
>    how is it that you are jumping to conclusions at the investigation stage itself, when the trial has not even commenced, chargesheet is not ye filed, different set of rules apply to different set of individuals.? Your entire surmise is dependent on news and views of tv channels and their anchors who for trp would do anything, as seen now, with anchors acting as item numbers in news and views.?Special song and dance numbers and programmes of islamic and hindu terror, green and saffron terror.?
>
>  By the way, not a single officer of ATS or CBI has shown his face to press or media, has given any details officially, unlike Aarushi murder investigation, Batla house incidents, but "our sources" in ATS have told full details of "investigation" to anchors and selective channels, for "exclusive" coverage, what exactly is the consideration for this exclusive coverage material for the individuals who are "our sources" for the channels and anchors, is it the size that matters.? The question has arisen because all the crime reporters are a large  size entities.!
>
>   Even hard core terrorists and Fake stamp paper convicts did not have these many sessions of narco and brain mapping sessions.? But the amusing factor is the anchors and visual media is having "exclusive" information from  "our sources."
> It makes me wonder, how these sources part with details of investigation so exclusively, for what consideration.? Shivani Bhatnagar was also a journalist who had exclusive details of some political bigwigs.! By the way, it was investigation and co-operation that failed the process in Australia for one doctor as MEA did not have had the details of financial transactions of the doctor faxed on time to the prosecution in Australia, and for exclusive interview, it was alleged that one channel negotiated and paid 4,00,000 australian dollars to brother in law of that doctor.!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com>
> To: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>; rajendra bhat <raja_starkglass at yahoo.com>; Shuddhabrata Sengupta <shuddha at sarai.net>; Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, 8 November, 2008 3:18:43 PM
> Subject: Lt.Col. Purohit and Arabic language lessons
>
> Freinds
> Some of us who have been following the Indian state's and media's
> versions of the "Islamic terrorism", we often wonder who invents the
> complex Arabic names of terror outfits: Lashkar-eToiba, Harkat-ul
> Jihadul-Islami, Harkat-ul whatever else. I wonder if Lt.Col.Purohit
> (who has accepted to being the mastermind of Malegaon bombing) was
> taking Arabic lessons to understand those names or to invent new ones.
> As an intelligence person, he was also "in touch" with many terrorist
> groups in Kashmir - that's what the report below tells us. I know that
> many languages including Arabic and Persian are taught to armymen, but
> if Purohit was using it for the benefit of the citizens of India, it
> was fine. But his use of Arabic to actually indulge in such an
> activity is very very intriguing and telling of what's to come in
> future.
>
> =====
>
> http://timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=20439
>
> CBI to question Lt Col Purohit
> 11/8/2008 10:57:25 AM
> Lt Col Shrikant Purohit, alleged mastermind of the Malegaon blast
>
> The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will today (November 8)
> question Col Shrikant Purohit, the first serving army officer to be
> arrested in connection with the Malegaon blast that killed six on
> September 29.
>
> The CBI along with the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) will
> question Purohit in connection with the 2006 Nanded bomb blast. The
> blast in Nanded had taken place on April 6, 2006 at the residence of a
> retired irrigation department engineer and RSS activist.
>
> The CBI along with the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) will
> question Purohit in connection with the 2006 Nanded bomb blast. The
> blast in Nanded had taken place on April 6, 2006 at the residence of a
> retired irrigation department engineer and RSS activist.
>
> Confessions by those arrested in that incident, showed that they were
> planning retaliatory terror strikes.
>
> Col Purohit is already under investigation for his role in the
> September 29 Malegaon blast. Purohit has allegedly confessed to his
> role in the blasts. According to army sources Purohit was also known
> to Maj Upadhyay, another arrested ex servicemen. The two established
> contact while serving in Pune.
>
> Who is Lt Col Shrikant Purohit?
>
> Lt Col SP Purohit was schooled at the Bhonsala military school at Pune
> and then commissioned into the 15 Maratha light infantry in 1993.
>
> In 2002, he served in Kashmir and as an intelligence corps officer he
> is believed to have been in touch with militant outfits.
>
> In 2005, Purohit set up a cell of the Abhinav Bharat in Pune.
>
> Two years later, while serving in an army liaison cell he took Arabic
> lessons, all of which aroused suspicion. Both Upadhyay and Purohit had
> enough knowledge about explosives.
>
> Purohit has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit terror.
> The ATS is likely to slap charges on him under the tough MCOCA.
>
> Meanwhile, sources have confirmed that the Mumbai ATS has asked the
> Army for permission to question three more army personnel in
> connection to the Malegaon blast.
>
> Two of the three with suspected links to the Malegaon blast are
> presently serving in the army. One is a serving Colonel in Deolali and
> the other a Lt Col posted in Madhya Pradesh. The third is believed to
> be an ex-army man of the rank of Colonel.
>
> The link of these servicemen has been pieced together on the basis of
> the confession of key suspect Lt Col Srikanth Purohit.
>
>
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