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| Two fallen soldiers cremated unnoticed while State Gov't fawns over Dr Haneef Mohammad |
| 2007-08-01 |
| While the whole of Bangalore including the State government kept a track on Dr Haneef Mohammad, the bodies of two soldiers who died in a militant attack were flown into Bangalore and cremated almost unnoticed. While Colonel Vasant was killed in the Uri sector, Timmaiah died in an ambush at the J&K valley last week. Both of them were barely 40 years of age. The bodies of Colonel Vasant and K Timmaiah, a soldier were flown into Bangalore without a whisper. Ironically the body of Timmaiah reached Bangalore the same day Dr Haneef arrived (Sunday, July 29). The case of Colonel Vasant was no different. His body reached Bangalore on Tuesday night and there was not a word of condolence from the men in power. The question that the general public is asking is why the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy did not react to the deaths of the two soldiers? "He had the time to greet Haneef and even offer him a job as though he was some kind of national hero," questions Colonel R P Singh. The army personnel who waited to receive the body spoke with disgust about the manner in which the state machinery treated the soldiers. "These are people who died fighting for us and look at the manner in which they are treated," said a jawan. Timmaiah was cremated in his hometown two days back while the last rites of Vasant were conducted in Bangalore on Wednesday morning. The minister for Health, R Ashok however realised that the government had gone wrong on this issue and rushed in the nick of time for the cremation of Colonel Vasanth. The families of the two soldiers are shattered. "Timmaiaha's family members say no one from the government had even a word of condolence. They should be offering the next of kin the jobs they need it the most. While Dr Haneef continues to hog the limelight, the families of the two Indian soldiers only continue to weep silently. Sources in the government however say that it is unfair to criticise the chief minister. He cannot be at 100 places at the same time. The government will surely do something for the family. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #7 we just aren't as patient Agreed. However the problem still remains that Islam is perennially far less patient than even us. Their habitual overreaching will lead them to commit such an atrocity on our shores that those here who argued against pre-emption will likely be dangling from lamp posts. While our patience will thus be ended—and Islam obliterated—there will also have been catastrophic damage to our economy and—most likely—the loss of a major east coast city along with its heritage landmarks. This is simply unacceptable in light of how merited pre-emption is, even as of now. Islam already has more than earned its comeuppance and our hesitation only increases the butcher's bill. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-01 20:52 |
| #6 Zen, Fear not. America won't be as patient as India. We don't have as many Mook voters here. And we just aren't as patient. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-08-01 20:36 |
| #5 This constant pandering to Muslim sentiment is building a great rage among many quite docile Hindus. Thank you so much for your valuable insights as to the subcontinent's machinations. I dread to think that America will only be brought to a similar "great rage" after the same hundreds—if not thousands—of Muslim terrorist attacks India has had to endure. India's tolerance of its Muslim population's constant aggression—while at one time laudable—may eventually become regarded as inadvertent sheltering of a terrorist constituency, much as with Britain today. America and all Western nations must eventually confront the basic fact that Muslims have no intention of peacefully coexisting with anyone. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-01 15:05 |
| #4 On the night of his release, Muslim youth set off firecrackers in various Indian cities. The allies of the Islamists, namely the left wing media have been portraying him as innocent victim. The fact that the Aussie DPP didn't have evidence to charge him sets him up as the poster child for all the Muslims who think they are oppressed and are victims of an unjust world. And of course politicians have been falling over themselves trying to be seen with Muslim constituents. B. Raman has pointed out that not one terror case has been solved since the UPA government has been in power in Delhi because of their pressure on the Police to lay off the Muslims. Now this all creates great resentments in the general Indian population. This constant pandering to Muslim sentiment is building a great rage among many quite docile Hindus. |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-08-01 14:37 |
| #3 The question that the general public is asking is why the Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy did not react to the deaths of the two soldiers? "He had the time to greet Haneef and even offer him a job as though he was some kind of national hero," questions Colonel R P Singh. Do you have any insights on this, John Frum? Why is Dr. Haneef being treated as anything but a national disgrace? It is obvious he had direct ties to terrorists and was most likely complicit in their acts—at least—as an accessory before the fact. More than any other nation, India has suffered the constant predations of Muslim terrorists. How is it possible that Dr. Haneef is viewed as anything other than a potentially dangerous criminal? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-01 13:59 |
| #2 Colonel, jawan, three militants killed on LoC In a point-blank face-to-face exchange of heavy volume of fire, Col Vasanth V, his radio operator Lance Naik Bachav Shahkant Ganapat and Lance Havildar Ramanna RB were injured and three to four militants were believed to be killed, the spokesman said. Col Vasanth V and Lance Naik Bachav Shahkant Ganapat later succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. Col Vasanth V, CO 9 Maratha LI, along with reinforcements, rushed to the site to personally supervise the operation and surrounded the militants in a difficult and thickly wooded forest area. Heavy firefight ensued in which Colonel Vasanth personally flushed out militants who got entrapped as all their escape routes had been blocked. The entrapped militants, believed to be three to four, were killed in the encounter that ensued. |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-08-01 11:03 |
| #1 The death of Col Vasanth V — a “thoroughbred soldier” and “an officer and a gentleman” for his dear ones — engulfed his family with inconsolable grief on Tuesday. However, a palpable sense of pride in his endeavour also prevailed in their hour of mourning. Col Vasanth, the Commanding Officer of 9 Maratha Infantry, was killed in an encounter with militants in Uri sector, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday. Col Vasanth, a recipient of the Vishisht Seva Medal, was born on March 25, 1967. He was commissioned into the Army in 1989. He underwent commando training in Belgaum and was trained at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, following which he was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 2006. The officer was posted in Jammu and Kashmir in October, 2006. His wife, Subhashini, a renowned dancer, remembered him as “a thoroughbred soldier” whom she was proud about. As an Army man, he used to say, “you never know what might happen”, she recollected. Their children Rukmini (10) and Yashoda (eight) are finding it hard to believe that their father is really gone, she said. Col Vasanth’s mother Prabhala said they had lost their elder son Pradeep to pneumonia and this was a second blow. “I would always ask him why a Colonel should participate in certain operations and he would reply ‘Where my men go, I will go too’,” she said. He was a caring son, who would always call to enquire about his father’s heath as my husband has cancer, she said. The Colonel’s father Venugopal, sat huddled near the television waiting for any news to flash on news channels about the incident. Venugopal reminisced that Col Vasanth harboured the wish to join the Army since childhood. After his graduation, he was even willing to disobey his reluctant parents to join the forces. “I had a brave son who would always be at the frontline. I am so proud of him,” he said. |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-08-01 11:01 |