A Public Service Announcement

We know that a lot of bloggers (for instance here, here and here), journalists and politicians were concerned about the safety of the heroes who aveneged the death of their kin in the Gujarat riots of 2002. Well, no more worries.

The Lashker-e-Qahar said 16 people were involved in the terrorist operation in which they triggered seven blasts in local trains.

The organisation said it was making their involvement public since all the 16 people involved in the operation were now safe in their places.

As a matter of fact the Maharashtra and central Governments worked very hard to ensure the safety of the freedom fighters. Reports say that police took quite a while to reach the blast scenes and rescue efforts were already on the way by locals. To those who try to compare this to the late arrival of police in Gujarat riots and attribute it to general administrative sluggishness, we say bull! See, in Gujarat it was important to ensure the safety of the Hindu fundamentalists. In Bombay too, it was important that the heroes reach home safely.