[Reader-list] todays news on mock drill incident

[Pawan Durani]

Dear Bipin Ji ,

Thank you.

Though L and apologists would surely dislike this news. It goes against
their agenda.

Pawan

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Bipin Trivedi <aliens at dataone.in> wrote:

> Today, 16th march 2010 newspaper report.
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> Later, Khandwawala told media persons, "Sayyed denies having made any
> comment on the issue that would suggest that Subhas Trivedi was to blame.
> He
> believes that it was an accident. Sayyed was so pained by the news that he
> had offered to resign over the controversy surrounding the incident."
>
>
>
> http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIA
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> http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIA&
> showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI> &showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI
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> please got to link open page 2 to see news
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> TIMES NEWS NETWORK
>
> Ahmedabad: Director general of police, Gujarat, SS Khandwawala, met police
> inspector of anti-terrorist squad (ATS), Shabbir Ali Sayyed, at his house
> here on Monday.
> Sayyed had been shot accidentally during a mock drill at Surat airport
> earlier this month. Deputy commissioner of police, Subhash Trivedi, had
> accidentally shot the ATS cop, who was part of the team posing as
> terrorists.
> Along with Khandwawala, chief of ATS, Ajay Tomar too met Sayyed. The
> meeting
> was concerning a controversy that erupted around the incident.
> Later, Khandwawala told media persons, "Sayyed denies having made any
> comment on the issue that would suggest that Subhas Trivedi was to blame.
> He
> believes that it was an accident. Sayyed was so pained by the news that he
> had offered to resign over the controversy surrounding the incident."
> Khandwawala added that as Trivedi and Sayyed had no personal grudge, the
> question of intentional firing was out of question. "Investigators from ATS
> and Surat police are expected to submit their report on the issue soon. We
> have also roped in forensic experts to determine the cause of fire and how
> the incident took place," he said. He further said that it was Trivedi, who
> had ensured that all the police firearms were unloaded before the mock
> drill
> was conducted.
> "The incident was recorded on CCTV camera installed at Surat airport. I saw
> the video clip and it proves that the incident was an accident. Though
> there
> was an error. The police officials involved in this mock drill were asked
> to
> use rubber bullets. Why this directive was not followed is being probed,"
> he
> said.
>
>
>
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