[Reader-list] Leftists Train Cameraman to make bombs

[anupam chakravartty]

Dear Pawan,

Making a petrol bomb is the easiest thing. One doesn't need to learn it from
a "left-wing" student as it has been highlighted by the story. There is
absolutely no technique involved in making a petrol bomb.

with regards -anupam


On 4/21/09, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> "The police said Sinu learnt the technique of making petrol bombs from a
> Left Front student activist while covering various agitations in the city."
>
> http://keralaonline.com/news/arson-attack-accused-chennai_34449.html
>
> Thiruvananthapuram, Monday 20 April 2009: A police team from the city has
> left for Chennai with Sinu, alias Siraj Murukumpuzha, a 32-year-old news
> cameraman who was recently arrested in connection with the arson attack on
> the house of suspended Assistant Commissioner of Police S. Sanal Kumar in
> February, as part of investigation into the incident.
>
> The police had arrested him last week from Chennai, where he was working
> for
> a news channel. Their case is that Sinu torched Mr. Sanal Kumar’s car and
> lobbed petrol bombs into the latter’s house to exact revenge for arraigning
> him as accused in a case relating to the kidnap of alleged financial
> fraudster Sabarinath.
>
> The attack occurred early on February 25, 2009, a few days after Mr. Sanal
> Kumar was suspended from service, pending inquiry, for alleged supervisory
> lapse in a case relating to an attack on airport security personnel by two
> drunken passengers.
>
> Investigators said Sinu, who was absconding after being charged with the
> kidnap of Sabarinath, had seen Mr. Sanal’s suspension as an opportunity to
> harm him.
>
> The police said Sinu’s brother-in-law Sooraj; his close friends and video
> editors of different news channels, N. Hari Kumar and Hari G. Nair helped
> him carry out the attack.
>
> Hari Kumar surrendered before a court in Chenkottai in Tamil Nadu last week
> and is in judicial remand in Palayamkottai prison in Tirunelveli district.
> The city police have sought his custody.
>
> The police have charged Sinu’s wife, Surabhi, among others, of plotting the
> crime. The police also filed an affidavit in the High Court on Friday
> opposing Surabhi’s plea for anticipatory bail.
>
> The police said Sinu learnt the technique of making petrol bombs from a
> Left
> Front student activist while covering various agitations in the city.
> They said he made the bombs and posters lampooning Mr. Sanal Kumar, a few
> of
> which were found stuck on the walls of other houses in his neighbourhood at
> Pothujanam Lane, near Kumarapuram.
>
> Investigators said they were trying to recover the laptop computer in which
> the posters were designed. They were also trying to identify those who
> harboured Sinu in Chennai after the police proclaimed him a wanted man.
>
> The police said Sinu used his car and his wife’s scooter for the act. Hari
> Kumar waited in the car while Sinu and Sooraj carried out the attack.
> After committing the crime, the accused slept on the terrace of Surabhi’s
> house in the same locality.
>
> Hari G. Nair harboured Sinu for few some days after which he left for
> Chennai and stayed in an apartment owned by one of Hari Kumar’s close
> relatives, the investigators said.
>
> They said Surabhi’s parents had given conflicting statements about Sinu’s
> presence in the house when questioned separately.
> His father admitted that he was present there on the night of the attack
> while Surabhi’s mother said she had not seen her son-in-law in months, they
> said.
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