Corrupt Politicians sold India to Terrorists
Gangster
Link Of The Government Of India
Mumbai couldn't have been attacked
so savagely without local help. Could that be the gangs who control
the city's underworld business?
New Delhi, Dec. 01, 2008
Times Of India reports
S Balakrishnan | TNN
"Imagine if they had entered the BARC nuclear complex, which
is also situated on the coast and captured it? The whole nation
would have been held hostage. Coastal security is non-existent."
Mumbai is enraged and the anger is intermixed with grief. More than
the slaughter of hundreds of innocents, people are fuming about
the government's failure to demonstrate that it means business.
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has sent a detailed dossier about
the activities of one Mohammed Ali, who is the uncrowned king of
the docks. A close aide of Karachi-based terrorist Dawood Ibrahim,
Ali smuggles petrol, diesel, drugs, arms and other contraband with
impunity. "If anyone wants to ship out anything or get in anything
into the city, all he needs to do is strike a deal with Ali,"
confesses an exporter ruefully. There are strong indications that
the D-gang actively collaborated with the terrorists in these attacks.
And yet, the government is reluctant to move against Ali and his
gang because he enjoys the patronage of a powerful politician, known
to be a business partner of Dawood.
Any terror operation needs vast funds, via the hawala route. But
the authorities are still to crack down on hawala operators. Recently,
they picked up Hasan Ali, a racehorse owner in Pune.
A joint probe by the IB, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Directorate
of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) revealed that Hasan Ali had handled
hawala transactions worth a whopping Rs 35,000 crore, much of it
belonging to two Maharashtra politicians. His laptop revealed details
of vast amounts stashed away in Swiss bank accounts.
Hasan Ali was called into the ED's office a couple of times for
questioning, but mysteriously, he was subsequently allowed to leave.
Now, he has simply vanished. As have his wife and brother-in-law.
The authorities were reportedly asked to go slow on Hasan Ali. "I
will not be surprised if Hasan Ali has been done away with. He is
the man who knows too much," says a police officer.
Inspector Vijay Salaskar, who died fighting the terrorists, had
closely investigated the entrenched links between a prominent gutka
manufacturer and the Dawood gang. He had unearthed a mass of evidence
about the manufacturer's visit to Dubai, where he met Hamid Antulay,
a nephew of Dawood, and then went on a false Pakistani passport
to Karachi where he met the don and his brother Anees. The purpose
of the visit was to settle a business dispute with a rival.
Salaskar found out that the manufacturer was Dawood's partner
in the gutka business, alongside a leading politician who dabbles
in real estate development. Despite Salaskar's best efforts, he
was never allowed even to summon the manufacturer for questioning.
In stark contrast, diamond merchant and film producer Bharat Shah
was interred for over a year all because he spoke for two minutes
to Chhota Shakeel, a Dawood aide.
The details of Dawood's vast business transactions and the man
fronting it are available with the Central government. But there
is inaction. Is it any wonder the security agencies are deeply cynical
about enforcing law and order and protecting the country? Is it
any wonder the people are enraged? "We are worse than a banana
republic," says an official.
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