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Avoidable row

Union Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay kicked up an avoidable controversy when he raised doubts about the killing of ATS chief Hemant Karkare and his colleagues during the Mumbai terror attacks and asked for a probe into the circumstances in which they were sent to the Cama hospital.

He and those who think like him should understand that a police officer always leads from the front when there is trouble. On learning that the terrorists, after killing indiscriminately in the CST station, had gone towards the Cama hospital, it was only natural for Karkare to go on the hot trail. I am sure he had no way of knowing that the operations at the Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels would last 60 hours and that there were more terrorists there than at the Cama hospital.

Col. Ram Gulrajani (retd.),

Chennai

The article “Everybody loves a good conspiracy” (Dec. 23) has demolished the theory that a conspiracy was hatched to send Karkare and his colleagues to the Cama hospital.

But it must be said that Mr. Antulay has achieved his goal. He has successfully injected doubt in the minds of many. Some people revel in creating funny stories without any basis, and some benefit from them.

K. Muralidharan,

Chennai

Why can’t they answer questions properly? Why resort to propaganda to distract from the uncomfortable questions?

Khalid H. Qureshi,

Bangalore

Amit Shrivastava,

New Delhi

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