[Reader-list] Leftists Train Cameraman to make bombs

[anupam chakravartty]

Dear Pawan,

Using a bomb may be difficult, making one is really easy. However, as
Jarnail Singh demonstrated, a shoe is good enough to make the statement.

-anupam


On 4/22/09, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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