Indian Mujahadeen: Lapping up the lies

The court is Mumbai has left the “mastermind of the July 2006 train blasts in Mumbai free. The Anti-terror squad apparently provided no proof. All this after the media splashed the photos of these young boys on tv and in print and also of their families, accusing them of killing dozens of people. In fact, a police team in Delhi even managed to neutralise a few of these boys in the Batla House encounter. And now they tell us, it wasn’t these boys who did it.Then who was it? Does it mean no one will be held accountable again?
When the name of this group cropped up, I could’ve bet my life that they culdn’t have pulled it off in a million years. The proof that the security agencies had was shoddy and contradictory — and to say the least, could’ve been manufactured.
Also, last week, the court released a few SIMI members — a group that had been banned by the government after the Malegoan blasts where right wing hindu fundamentalist group were much later held responsible and were being probed.
Shame on the media for buying the government propoganda and lapping up stories about fictitious groups. Shame on them for not uncovering the truth behind tha facade. Shame on them for not even questioning and attending press conference after press conference, lapping up the lies.
If you look a the larger picture, people are being misled. If it wasnt the Indian Mujahidin who orchestrated the Mumbai train blasts which were massive, then who was it? Why is the government trying to implicate them? And who is being protected here? As a journalist, these are the answers I’m seeking. As citizens, dont be afraid to ask. And be not afraid to criticise the media and the government when required. Isn’t that a healthy component of a functional democracy that we claim to be?