Sanjiv Bhatt’s arrest unstitches wounds of Gujarat riots 2002
The vindictive agenda being pursued by the Gujarat government is once again reflected in the arrest of whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt. The 1988 batch IPS officer has accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 communal riots. Bhatt was arrested following a complaint filed by KD Pant, who worked as a [...]
Piggipedia: SS directors of departments
The site 25 Leaks has published a 2008 State Security Police document, detailing some of the new departments established within the now dissolved apparatus. Tons of names are listed and I invite you to check them out and come forward with any more information you have about them. These officers who ran Mubarak’s gestapo should [...]
Saleem Samad’s triptych (part 3): Are Jihadist in Bangladesh a security threat to Asian region?*
Background The paper provides an insight of conflict, Islamic terrorism, and social injustices in once a secular Bangladesh. The political Islam has percolated in national politics. In the backdrop of the doctored constitutional provisions for Islamic-nationalization, coupled with political hegemony of the elite Islamic nationalist chauvinist, the Islamic radicalisms dominated national politics and state. This [...]
Saleem Samad’s triptych (part 2): Bangladesh, the next epi center for Islamic terrorism*
Bangladesh is a country, which has increasingly been worrying the international community, but more importantly South Asian countries including India and Pakistan, for the meteoric rise of militant Islamism which has been biting into the secular identity of the second largest Muslim democracy. The new independent state of Bangladesh emerged as a secular polity with [...]
Saleem Samad’s triptych (part 1): The Prisoner’s tale
A journalist recounts his personal story of police abuse and state repression in Bangladesh “I should kill you,” the high-ranking Dhaka policeman said. He drew his pistol from his holster, shoved me to the floor and pressed the muzzle to my temple. “You are a traitor. You have betrayed your country. How dare you describe [...]
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