[Reader-list] Leftists Train Cameraman to make bombs

[Pawan Durani]

Anupam Ji,

Is it so easy ? I am surprised .

I always thought bombs would be difficult thing to make.

Pawan

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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