By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had to face a kind of insult when ATS chief late Hemant Karkare’s wife refused his offer to provide her and her children with the financial assistance.
Modi went to the houses of ATS officers Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar who were killed by terrorists and offered for financial assistance. But Karkare’s widow Kavita Karkare and his children clearly refused the offer.
Noticeably, having known about Mumbai attack the chief minister of Gujarat visited the city. He was asked not to visit Taj Hotel yet he did and addressing a press conference alleged the government to be responsible for the attack.
Reacting to the refusal Narendra Modi said that he had offered for the assistance in recognition to the sacrifices of the valiant officers but people are taking it in other sense. ‘I had extended the offer to all the heirs of those martyred during the operation,’ he added.
Some media reports say that Modi had offered Rs one crore to the Karkare family. Kavita Karkare not only refused the offer she did not meet Modi when he visited her house unannounced. The Karkare family had thrice told Modi’s officials that they did not want to meet anyone.
ATS Chief Hemant Karkare was fiercely criticized by Modi and other BJP leaders including L K Advani for his role in exposing the hands of Hindutva terrorists in Malegaon and other blasts in the country. The BJP leaders had even demanded to change the ATS. They alleged the ATS officials of torturing Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Lt Colonel Purohit.