NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP on the Centre got here down closely on the Congress-led opposition events for questioning the Batla House encounter in 2008, a day after a Delhi court convicted an Indian Mujahideen operative Arij Khan for killing Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma.
Addressing a press convention within the nationwide capital, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad mentioned, “Why is the Congress, Mamata Didi and all those that questioned the Batla House encounter silent now after the court’s verdict on this case.”
“Will Sonia Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee apologise for deceptive all the nation over the Batla House encounter case,” the Union Minister requested.
Slamming the opposition events for his or her questionable conduct within the case, which got here as an enormous blow to the morale of the Delhi Police, Prasad mentioned, “The BJP slams the main opposition events for failing to rise above petty politics on a really delicate difficulty linked to the nation’s safety and questioning the motion of the regulation and enforcement companies. Will they apologise now after the court’s convicted a an IM operative for killing a adorned Delhi Police officer in the course of the Batla House encounter.”
The hard-hitting response from the BJP got here a day after a Delhi court convicted Indian Mujahideen terrorist Ariz Khan within the case of the 2008 Batla House shootout which he had escaped.
His sentencing has been scheduled for subsequent Monday.
The encounter between the Delhi police and a bunch of terrorists holed up within the Okhla space of the nationwide capital led to the loss of life of 1 police officer whereas two others sustained accidents. He can be the alleged mastermind of the 2008 serial blasts throughout Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh.
In 2013, one Shahzad Ahmed, who, too, had escaped the Batla House shootout with Khan, was convicted and sentenced. Two of their accomplices, Atif Amin and Mohammed Sajid, have been killed within the incident. A 3rd, Mohammed Saif, was arrested from the situation. Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma misplaced his life whereas two different officers have been injured.
Khan, a local of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested by the Delhi police’s Special Cell in February 2018.
The a number of bombings that rocked cities like Jaipur and Ahmedabad, other than the nationwide capital itself, in 2008 noticed 165 individuals shedding their lives and over 500 injured in all. A reward of Rs 15 lakh had been declared on him, in addition to an Interpol Red Corner Notice.
