| Font Size |
Sharma (41), who led Friday's daring encounter at Jamia Nagar where five terrorists linked with the recent serial blasts in the country were holed up, had received three bullet injuries on his abdomen, thighs and right arm.
The inspector, who was bleeding profusely, was rushed to the nearby Holy Family hospital where he was operated upon and later put on life support systems.
After battling with his injuries for nearly eight hours, he was declared dead at 7 pm in the evening.
"We have lost our best man," Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Karnal Singh said.
Sharma, who is survived by his wife and two young children, had won seven gallantry medals including a President's medal in 2008.
He joined Delhi Police as a sub-inspector in 1989 and was instrumental in the killing of 35 terrorists and the arrest of another 80 militants, police sources claimed, adding he had killed 40 inter-state gangsters and arrested another 129.
Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the example set by Sharma was ‘very rare’ to be seen.
"I have asked the Police Commissioner (Y S Dadwal) to do whatever is needed to help the family of this brave officer," Patil said after visiting the hospital.
He said the Home Ministry will offer all support to the officer's family.
Delhi encounter: 2 militants wanted in blasts killed
In a brush with terror in the capital for a second time in a week, two militants of the 'Indian Mujahideen' allegedly involved in the serial blasts in Delhi and other places including Ahmedabad, were killed in a fierce gunbattle that also left an Inspector seriously wounded in Jamia Nagar in South Delhi on Friday.
One of the two killed was identified as Atif, a prominent operative of the Indian Mujahideen who is believed to have played a ‘key role’ in the blasts in Delhi as well as in Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Bangalore, Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal said on the shootout that lasted about an hour.
Atif's accomplice Sajid, also a member of the Indian Mujahideen which is a shadow outfit of the banned SIMI and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), was also killed while police nabbed Mohammed Saif who was injured in the gunbattle in 'Batla House', a four-storied building.
The militants fired eight rounds during the gunbattle while police retaliated with 22 rounds, Dadwal said adding police also recovered an AK-47 assault rifle along with two 0.30 pistols and a computer from the L-18 residence where the militants were staying for the past two months.
Atif is said to be a close associate of Mohammed Usman Qureshi alias Tauqeer, the elusive mastermind behind the serial bomb blasts in various parts of the country in the recent past and had travelled to Ahmedabad on July 24, two days before the serial blasts in that city, Dadwal said.
Discuss this story on expressindia forums
|
|
If the Govt. had adequately taken care of Police and provided boolet proof jackets, the brave officer would still be with us. But, our ministers only know how to hide behind boolet proof cars, but do not know how to provide one to the people fighting for his and country's security.
An inquiry must be set against people living in Jamia area and quick action MUST be taken against those involved:Once the firing stopped, large number of people thronged the narrow lanes of the area and shouted religious slogans."We are all against terrorism, then why was our religious places place targeted," asked one of the residents."Last time also, they came into the area a day before Id and conducted a similar operation. There must be a thorough probe and it should be clearly established if those killed were really terrorists," Salim Mohammed, a resident said.Because of such people we are losing good officers!
Good news atleast few terrorists involved have been brought down/captured by the police. If there was prior info of these terrorists holed up in a building why can't the police take help of army/CRPF and see that nobody escaped. The whole area must be cordoned off. Our police are not trained to the extent to counter a terrorist attacks and that is one main reason the attacks are happening repeatedly. SIT, CBI and Military power must be used to counter the terrorist strategy. Make changes in the way you deal with these demons and be effective.
The people of Jamianagar did not see thre encounter. Theycall it 'fake'.Did the police inspector shoot himself? strange argument.
No he didn't shoot himself. He was shot by his own colleagues at the behest of an external order. The postmortem report proves he was shot from behind and at very close range.
What stops delhi police to be vigilant everyday and not to wait on mass killings like operation BAD blasts to realise them of their duty. There should also be strict policy from government to give death penalty to all important terrorist leaders and masterminds responsible for innocent killings. Anyways hats off the those policeman who participated in this operation to kill the responsible people and also my best wishes for those policemen who were injured to make this happen.
delhi meri jaan is being spoiled by few terrorists which should be dealt with strictly after making necessary amendments in the laws at present. Terrorists should be separated from the Muslim as a whole. For the acts of some bad individuals, you cannot blame the whole community.
Finally our police woke up but it was too late.I just hope that they got the right people. This fight against terrorism needs political will. These are the same people who have created this monster in the name of Vote Bank. What happened in Punjab..they got in one Bhindrawalen to upstage Akalis and he became so strong that he wanted a state of his own. Countless mothers lost their sons/husbands.Widows were born over night. Why was babri masjid allowed to be brought down, were the politicians sleeping when thousands of people descended and brought down an historical building with the whole nation watching. These are some of the instances. Its time that we as people of this great land stand up and voice our opinion as one and make these politicians accountable. We do not have body gaurds or bullet proof vehicles but are victims in their game
Congratulations to DP for this encounter.If two have slipped away please look for them and get rid of them otherwise some future Govt will hand them over back to their outfit.Donot worry about Electronic Media as they will always raise voice against police and the Govt because they are paid for this crap.Govt should look after injured police personnel and give them more power to tackle terrorism. If need be CrPC can be amended to accord them legal protection if by default excess takes place.Some of the channels were deliberately trying to distort the news item by putting words into the mouths of people being interviewed at Jamia.Let Electronic media become more responsible.If it was a frame up,Inspector Sharma would not be in the hospital with bullet injuries and other constable could not pumped bullets into himself.So TV channels should refrain from planting such stories.Donot ever use locals to identify the terrorists as religion is bigger than the nation for some of the minorities.
the Delhi governement needs to explaine HOW 2 TERRORISTS ESCAPED. this would have caused a rage in any other country but we indians are satisified with job half done. its vital that all of the culprits are nabbed
Despite the fact that there is evidence that it is forces from outside the country that are instigating terror attacks in India, and knowing that these units are influencing Indian fundamentalist minorities, people still think that somehow they are all innocent victims. Just like there are innocent muslims, there are innocent hindus, christians. To move on with life let's call a spade a spade and have tougher laws for anyone who plays with the security of the country and threatens peace. We do need peope who talk tough because that is only language the terrorists and other trouble makes understand. I am glad that people are noticing this attitude in the UPA government and are forcing the government to act quickly. Let's not lose anymore common people to these terrorists. Too many people are being killed everywhere as it is due to natural disasters. Terrorism is a national threat to every country and it has to be handled so it does not show its face anywhere in the world again!
It has been reported that some people shouted slogans against the police for allegedly firing at a mosque. At such a grave time when terrorists were killing innocent people and the police were risking their lives to protect us, all that those people could think of was to sloganeer against the police! Those people must be arrested as well, as they are clearly terrorist sympathisers.
Dushera is fast approaching and two of the demons have been killed. Good start. Hope they'll eliminate many more in the next few days and eventually capture/kill Raavan too.
Though good, its time we need more pro-active steps rather than reactive. The one who reacts always ends up looser.
Home minister of India is acting like a petty tahsildar of Delhi area. He takes action only if Delhi is on fire and only for Delhi. For him Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, bangalore, Mumbai are not under his purview.
UPA is a government of terrorist supporters. UPA leaders are supporting Islamic and Christian terrorism on Hindus for gaining their votes.
UPA is government full of minority leaders and Islamists and they are inflaming communal hatred towards under the cover of secularism to gain votes of minorities like Muslims and Christrans. UPA is root of Islamic and Christian Terrorism.
Having known the previous evening the building where the terorists were holed up and in a planned attack/raid the next day, it is matter of shame that two terorists could escape! It shows sheer incompetency of the police and other agencies involved. Having had lot of time to plan, why they could not throw a large security ring around the area itself and nab the culprits dead or alive with 100% success?? Sheer incompetence!!
All Done, Terrorist Killed, No ban on SIMI, Game Over, will wait for another 20 blasts so we can think again on security issue. Shivaraj patil is Hero. Delhi Govt in Action. After killing terrorist Delhi is Safe. All Done, All Over. Shivaraj Patil Hero sonia appriciated Shivaraj's Action. Shivaraj Patil is the Best Home Minister, under his minister ship twoooooooo militants were killed, India is Safe. Delhi is back to Normalllllll.
Good job done by the Delhi Police, in getting some of the conspirators. I still believe the real story would not be made public in the name of communal peace. The minority community is sceptical and being misguided by some extremists, that is why we do not see a truly national spirit against terrorism. Hindu and Muslims should come together and remove all the hatred/misconceptions between themselves, else the situation would become worse. The citizens of this country should start thinking with their own mind and not listen to politicians/extremists if we want to make India a better place to live in.
The police officers who killed the terrorists deserve to be congratulated! We would urge the UPA Govt. to ensure that the two injured police officers receive the best medical attention. It is good that the two terrorists were finished off. If they were arrested, charge-sheeted, tried in a court of law and eventually sentenced to death the Govt. would have never executed them for fear of losing its minority vote- bank, as in case of Afzal Guru. That would have meant an offence against the Indian tax-payers’ whose hard-earned money would have been spent feeding the criminals and tightening security at the air-ports for fear of hijacking.
what is the problem with everyone? even when acted against the terror, the respondents seem to blaming the centre for its actions. I guess you will only be happy if the BJP comes to power start communalising this country. Congratulations to the Government for its success and keep going until all of the terrorists are not caught
Sujeet,you may need to think and understand the situation before saying or commenting..Do you know that this Same Modi and his team had been telling Centre that Abu Bashar knows many things and that Delhi was in the radar of these elements? They dismissed that time .. only after the thing happened that the Govt (Centre) realized the importance and see the results ..You and your CONGIES and all the Psuedo Seculars are out to DESTROY india ..
Our strength is our solidarity. Why are terrorists planting bombs in the Indian cities targeting Public and causing sensation? Be logical rather than emotional... Note the sponsors of terrorism (not terrorist itself!) aim is not religion! Their aim is to divide the country and keep making troubles to thwart India's growth. India is becoming huge and now taken seriously by the rest of the world. In the process Pakistan and many others are getting alienated or weak. I believe it would in their interest to check India's growth. What is India's vulnerability? The biggest aftermath of Babri Masjid, violence and religious divide is that more terrorists are born who are bitter, helpless and cornered. These guys are shown a way out by these Terrorist sponsors! I would say rather than finger pointing at Muslims, we should extend our hands of solidarity. We should be stronger now than ever.Don't let terrorist sponsors achieve their goals! Latest emotion in town..Christian converts.. very sad!
All these conspiracies are hatched in Muslim localities, near mosques and madressahs. How come then no Muslim knows about these conspiracies because no Muslim comes forward to inform the authorities? This is not the problem only in India. It is all over the world. The only difference is that in other countries they infiltrate these communities and suffer far less than we do. So, my dear friend, Muslims deserve to be finger-pointed because they don't behave like responsible citizens for the simple reason that they don't consider themselves to be citizens of this country. All they want is to feed at the public feeding trough which Hindus are expected to keep constantly replenished. No Muslim will ever be trusted and that is the TRUTH!
This sudden encounter -looks like that they have to do something to show that they care - so they just killed two terrorists (or probably innocent) to show that they are in action. In real terms they have not taken a single step to curve terror to preserve the vote bank.To get rid of it1. We need strong anti terror law2. Stop using Muslim community as a vote bank.. rather steps shud be taken to integrate them in the main stream by not allowing them to follow the religious rules, but rules which will be equal for everbody. That is the 'true'secularity'' - not what UPA propagates.
I guess you were involved in the Ansal Plaza encounter. But note the differences here: It was done in broad daylight, three have been captured alive and inspector Mohanchand Sharma is critically injured. Please do continue to do Advani sewa and Modi sewa but do not belittle a man who is fighting for his life. My condolences to you who, like other Sanghis, is sad that the Sangh plank has just collapsed. Do some introspection, stop being a pervert! Be a human! Salute the jawans who gave up their lives in Kargil to protect the drunkard PM and his control-freak pervert refugee from Sindh.
How do u know the terrorist name? How do u know the person whom u killed was the one engaged in gun fight? Grave damage has been done to the people who have been living in that area peacefully along with their hindu neighbors. Locate the parents of the deceased who will tell our TV wallahs what a peaceful soul the deceased was. Gross human right violation has been caused and secular fabric of country is under threat.Anyway terrorist must have learned their lessons. You want to kill innocent people annd get support of central government, chose your target in non congress ruled state - preferably bjp. I am sure tamasha comparing bjp with congress performance will be the topic for this w/end shows. Srinivasan jain, burkhaji we are all waiting for ur w/end shows with agog. Bring them on
More problems are ahead for the PM. From today our PM will not sleep for the next few months. That means he will not be able to do anything. If he does not do anything BJP and other would pounce upon him and call him the weakest ever PM. Despite his sleeping problems if he manages to do something, his boss Sonia will not be happy. If Sonia is not happy, then the entire UPA families will be unhappy. If he does something that pleases Sonia and America, then Mrs and Mr Karat, Bhardhan and their highly secular comrades will not be happy. So, in the end, everyone has to be worried and unhappy.