The Disgraceful List

To say that terrorism is deeply rooted in Pakistan is hardly an overstatement anymore. But, I guess that the CBI has taken this all too seriously!

When people demanded for severe action against terrorism in Pakistan by India, our dear old uncles in all their glory decided to finally take a step. And what step may that be? A step which has not just entirely goofed up the little good reputation that CBI had left within the country but also made us infamous in the eyes of the world.



Dawood Ibrahim



It is indeed amazing how ignorant CBI officials (who are supposed to be excessively vigilant) have been regarding this. Their so-called step against stopping terrorists operating from Pakistan has resulted in nothing but sham for them Our CBI officials prepared a “Most Wanted Men” allegedly seeking shelter in Pakistan, and then demanded Pakistan to hand over the aforementioned people over to India. All these people mentioned in the list were directly involved in many terrorist attacks that took place in the country over the years, including high profile criminals like Dawood Ibrahim, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, and others involved in various other terror strikes in the country such as the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Delhi blasts, attack on Akshardham Mandir  etc.

The list was handed over to concerned Pakistani officials during talks in the month of March at home secretaries level. The drama began when two people in the list were found to be currently residing in India!



 Feroz Abdul Khan



One of the mentioned, Feroz Abdul Khan, accused for the 1993 blasts has been residing in Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai for the past year. Khan was arrested by the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police and handed over to CBI, Mumbai in February 2010. It so turns out that the Mumbai CBI forgot to inform the CBI Headquarters in Delhi!

The other, Wazhur Kamar Khan, an accused in the 2003 Mulund Blast, had been staying in Thane with his mother, wife and children after he was let out on bail. He was also involved in the 2003 Vile Parle and Ghatkopar blasts and in the 2002 Mumbai central train blasts.



Two of the most wanted men residing in India, in Indian jails no less and then we demand Pakistan to give them to us!

Sure, the CBI accepted it’s mistake, citing it to be a matter of “human error”!! It is but incredible that our country’s top investigative agency is not aware of “most wanted men” in their jails!

Apparently,” the lapse had occurred on the part of an official who had failed to inform Interpol Lyon for the cancellation of Red Corner Notice and update records of Interpol Wing, CBI.” The list has been removed from the CBI website now, and it has been termed that it is being updated.

This is not the first time that the CBI has committed such a blunder. There have been many other cases. The Government too has been left red faced by this goof up, as they deserve to. The number of faults made by the CBI and the Government at public expense are innumerable. We are being governed by a bunch of incompetent people at all levels, be it in the political areas, or bureaucratic ones.  The CBI is too busy foiling the attempts of the opposition party to actually take care to be updated about the terrorism situation of the country.

The most interesting bit is that neither of the two countries of India and Pakistan seems to be much keen to do terrorism away. India, for not checking the list that included people who were responsible for the deaths of thousands of fellow citizens before handing it over to Pakistan and Pakistan, for not even caring as much to open the envelope handed over to them! 

Even more interestingly, when a country like Pakistan with all its friendship with United States, did not hand over the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden – the biggest of America’s enemies – why will it hand over terrorists to India?! India and Pakistan have never been friends, have they?! So of course to expect a country like Pakistan, where terrorism has infiltrated from top to bottom, even in their military and air force, to hand over those terrorists who they harbour and support to India, is that not a travesty?

It is time to make a difference, time to cleanse our government and our police, time to prove that when a single man rises in a country of billions, he can bring about a revolution.