Why so much hype around Ishrat Jahan Case ?

Almost every national daily , every news channel is full of one name ISHRAT JAHAN . Who was she ? According to the recent affidavit filed by CBI , she was a terrorist and she was encountered (believed to be staged one ) . Ok fine, a terrorist was encountered now why so much hype ONLY around this case when lots of staged or real encounters are happening in India ? Lets see the background of Isharat and other three persons who were killed in this encounter . Source : Wikipedia

Ishrat Jahan Shamim Raza

Ishrat Jahan (1985 – 15 June 2004) was a second year Bachelor of Science student at Mumbai's Guru Nanak Khalsa College.She was the second of 7 siblings. Her lower middle class family, hailing from Bihar, lived in the Rashid compound in the Muslim-dominated area of Mumbra in Thane district in Mumbai. Having lost her father Shamim two years before her own death, Ishrat taught tuition and did embroidery work to support her family. Ishrat's father Mohammad Shamim Raza was the proprietor of a Mumbai-based construction company called Asian Constructions while mother Shamima worked for a long time at a medicine packaging company in Vashi.

Ishrat used to work as the secretary of Javed Sheikh (Pranesh), and used to handle his accounts.Javed used to take her out of town at times on work.

Pranesh Pillai (alias Javed Gulam Sheikh)

Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Gulam Sheikh was the son of Gopinatha Pillai, a native of Noornad in Kerala. He was married to Sajida, and had three children, including a daughter.

Pranesh had migrated to Mumbai in search of a job. Before his death, he had been booked for four assault cases in Mumbai and Pune, and had also been charged with involvement in a fake currency racket.In the mid-1990s, he converted to Islam and changed his name to Javed Sheikh to marry a Muslim woman called Sajida. Gujarat Police recovered two passports from Javed: one obtained using his original name Pranesh and the second one in his new name.

Ishrat's family first met Javed Sheikh just two months before her death. He had taken Ishrat to Nasik, Bangalore and Lucknow, where he is believed to have met Amjad.

Amjad Ali Rana

Amjad Ali Rana, also known as Akbar or Salim, was alleged to be an LeT terrorist from Haveli Diwan, Pakistan. He was reportedly found dead with an AK-56 rifle near his body. Amjad is believed to have met Javed several times in Oman, and also Javed and Ishrat in Ibrahimpur once.  Amjad introduced Ishrat and Javed to Zeeshan, the fourth victim.

Zeeshan Johar

Zeeshan (alias Jisan Johar alias Abdul Ghani Son of Kalu alias Janbaaz), along with Amjad, is said to have been caught in a trespassing case in Srinagar in 2003. Nobody claimed the bodies of Amjad and Zeeshan after the encounter. An identity card with a Pakistan address was reportedly recovered from Zeeshan's body. However, a later report by the metropolitan magistrate SP Tamang stated that identity cards were forged by the police and the two men were Indian citizens, although it did not give any evidence on this.

Now just look at the background of the people who were accompanying her. Each of them was convicted earlier on serious charges. It is very simple to guess , Ishrat was being used by them . She was puppet in the hands of their masters. As her history was clean no one will doubt on her innocence. But let me tell you she was anything but not INNOCENT and this is not my personal view both IB and CBI have confirmed that she was a terrorist. In June 2013, the Intelligence Bureau chief Asif Ibrahim told the office of Prime Minister and Home Minister of India that the Bureau had enough evidence to prove that Ishrat was a part of an LeT module which planned to kill Narendra Modi and Lal Krishna Advani.

Now even a fresh graduate like me can see how Congress is trying to Politicise this encounter. But when this particular encounter took place (June 15, 2004) the UPA was already in power in Delhi and M.K. Narayanan, our sharpest, and most powerful spymaster after B.N. Mullick and R.N. Kao, was NSA (internal security) and controlled all intelligence agencies, particularly his alma mater, the Intelligence Bureau, which he had led (1987-89, and 1991-92) and most of whose officers had served as his subalterns. It is clear that the UPA’s security establishment knew exactly what had happened and had accepted it, until the courts brought in the CBI. 1

Fake encounters are not new this same week a sub-inspector (SI) in Punjab should have made headlines, but didn't. The SI from Tarn Taran - once a minefield of militant activity - suddenly announced that he had eliminated 83 people in encounters, several of which were planned set-ups done on the orders of his superiors. In police folklore though, till Surjit Singh broke his silence (the police argued that he'd had too much to drink when he made the statement), he was somewhat of a local hero. By his own admission, he was promoted on a fast track.    2

Congress's official media partner NDTV , Tehelka  and its jurnos are repeatedly trying to prove Ishrat Jahan's innocence . Only Radia knows Why ;) ? It was too much when a NDTV journalist said on air that "Isharat Jahan came to do a Chota-Mota Blast not to kill Narendra Modi" . Does he mean if someone is killing a senior politician then only he will be considered as a terrorist ? Dont that idiot knows even a chota-mota blast makes orphans of many children ? It is clear that In their attempt of bashing and giving "Blows to Narendra Modi" they have lost all their senses.

Now why so much hype around this Ishrat Jahan Case ?

The reasons are simple :

1. It happened in Gujarat .
2. She was Muslim.

Now anything wrong happens with Muslims in Gujarat our mainstream media is always having its sword ready to slit Gujarat CM Narendra Modi for it. 2014 elections are near and this Ishrat Jahan case will help in polarizing the Muslim voters and it is a boon for them to give satisfying services to their masters.

India is a free democracy and every one has the right to get fair trials in Courts. Killing anyone in cold-blooded encounters should be publicly condemned. Not giving fair trials is same as murdering the Constitution of the country . Courts are there to punish culprits , Police is there to check on law and order. No sane man can ever support staged encounters. But what if the encounters are not the staged ones ? What if Gujarat Police officials are victimized to gain political benefits ? This case is in court and court will do justice to it. Who are Tehelka , NDTV and few so called Human Rights activists to give verdict that Gujarat CM is culprit ? If this encounter is staged one then surely this was done by Police and IB officials to get bureaucratic benefits. CBI in its report had said it was a joint operation by Gujarat Police and IB. If Tehelka , NDTV and few so called Human Rights activists are saying Mr Narendra Modi is responsible for this because this all happened when he was in power then they should think again because IB is under PMO. By their own logic I can simply say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , then Home Minister Shivraj Patil are also responsible for this fake encounter!

Enough is enough. This country now  knows what propaganda is. I can't start my day while looking at a terrorist picture in my newspaper's front page no matter how innocent she looks it. There are other issues and other ENCOUNTERS too going on in this country. From the day this CBI affidavit on Ishrat Jahan case came in news I think everyone forgot 2G, CWG, Coalgate, Augustawestland & an ordinance was passed on Food Security Bill , Bansal got clean chit by CBI. If UPA can pass an ordinance on FSB and get the bill passed why can't they pass an ordinance on Jan Lokpal bill ? Why our respected journalists [pun intended] are silent on this?  Journalist should at least respect their profession even though they have sold their self-esteem and self respect to a Political party .

PS ~ I am not associated with any political party .I have written this article because I was fed by reading continuous propaganda .