Pragya Thakur targets martyred cop Karkare again

June 25, 2021 21:36

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday alleged that Hemant Karkare, the former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief who investigated the 2008 Malegaon blast case in which she is an accused, had tortured her former teacher during questioning.

Speaking at a function in Sehore, the Bhopal MP said Emergency-like situation prevailed when she was arrested in a 'false case' in 2008, and alleged that Karkare, during his probe, 'broke the fingers of my teacher who had taught me in Class eight asking what I used to do (as a student)'.

It was done to 'cook up a false case and gather false evidence', said Thakur, adding that true patriots do not call Karkare, a Maharashtra IPS officer who died in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, a patriot.

In 2019, Thakur had said that Karkare died as she had 'cursed' him for ill-treating her in custody.

She later apologised when the remark caused outrage. -- PTI

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