Rathore tweets clarification on 'covert ops' to catch Dawood

September 07, 2015 13:39

Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore, quoted in an interview on "covert operations" to catch most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, on Monday clarified in tweets.

"Incorrect vers of my stmnts allegedly on Dawood attributed to me (sic)," Rathore tweeted this morning.

He also attached a link to his interview and said he had spoken about "dossier diplomacy."

On the weekend, Rathore was quoted as saying in an interview to the India Today that the government would explore every possible means, including a covert or a special operation, to neutralize Dawood Ibrahim as well as 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

He said: "India's enemies, like Dawood Ibrahim and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, should not believe that India is not thinking about them. We always remain ready to neutralise our enemy."

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