koksmayu Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in 2002. The news comes in the backdrop of heightened fears surrounding cricketers' security after the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore earlier this month, and the uncertainty over this season's IPL, which overlaps with general elections in India. The police told a Delhi court on Tuesday that the terrorists, belonging to the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI), had wanted to kidnap the cricketers in a bid to secure the release of two HUJI members who were imprisoned in India. The confessional statements of Tariq Mohammed, Ashfaq Ahmed and Ashad Khan were recorded on February 13, 2002, a fortnight after their arrest from Delhi's Nizamuddin railway station. The development comes after nearly a fortnight of talks between the IPL and the government regarding the tournament's itinerary. The home ministry had initially asked for a postponement of the IPL but the event's organising committee has been re-jigging the schedule in an attempt to ensure that the government's security forces aren't overstrained
fineleg Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Lalit Modi will get literally smoked if he continues IPL without full security and any mishap happens.
Holysmoke Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 Were those terrorists planning to come from boat? How would we know? Ask your cousins.
graphic23 Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 If Sachin gets hurt, I will personally nuke the terrorist nation. :P
EnterTheVoid Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 Its best to avoid such news as they only create panic and phobia. pac man, its no laughing matter
King Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 Sometimes it must suck to be so popular, everyone wants a piece of you. When terror stats targeting sportsmen, the sports turns out to be farce. This brings Sri Lankan players and the rest that were involved in the Lahore shoot out. Wonder how they can feel safe anywhere? It doesn't make it easy they have to travel so frequently to places they don't quite know well enough.
zubinpepsi Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 lol.. where were these jokers all these years??? coming out with a statement that happend in 2002..
Macj Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 Were those terrorists planning to come from boat? :hysterical: Your police and media have turned into Santa and Banta jokes. :haha: We still have to learn from your police the art of 'Playing Dead'...
SachDan Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 Were those terrorists planning to come from boat? :hysterical: Your police and media have turned into Santa and Banta jokes. :haha: Six HUJI men convicted for plotting to kidnap Sachin, Sourav NEW DELHI: Six HUJI militants, including three Pakistanis, were on Friday held guilty by a Delhi court for conspiring to kidnap cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in 2002 to secure release of two jailed terrorists. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pinki pronounced the verdict in the case in which the convicts were also accused of plotting to assassinate former President APJ Abdul Kalam during his visit to Patna in 2002. Delhi police had also charged them with conspiring to attack the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai. The three Pakistan-based militants, Tariq Mohammed, Arshad Khan and Ashfaq Ahmed and two Indians - Mufti Israr and Ghulam Qadir Bhatt - were held guilty under the stringent anti-terror law POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act), which has been repealed. Sixth accused Ghulam Mohd Dar, who remained on bail, was taken into custody with the pronouncement of the verdict. Immediately after the judgment, Dar's son Irfan, who was present outside the courtroom, broke down. The court fixed January seven as the date for hearing the arguments on quantum of sentence. The accused faced trial for offences of collecting arms with the intention to wage war against the government and conspiring to commit certain offences against the state. Besides POTA, the accused were charged under the Arms Act and the three Pakistanis were also tried under the Foreigners Act for trespassing into India. Initially, the police had arrested ten HUJI militants including six Pakistanis in the case. Out of them, three Pakistanis - Mohd Amran, Abdul Majeed and Mohd Ashraf - had pleaded guilty in 2003 and were awarded eight years jail term for their varying roles, besides the fine. Jalaluddin, who was termed as the mastermind, managed to flee from the custody of police during the probe and was later declared as proclaimed offender by the court. The prosecution had relied upon e-mail exchanges of the accused with their Pakistan-based handlers to drive home the charges. Defence lawyer MS Khan had rebutted the claim saying the alleged e-mails were forged as most of the accused were in custody during that period. The militants wanted to secure release of HUJI men Nasarullah Langrial and Abdul Rahim who were then lodged in jails here, prosecutor Anita Hooda had said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Six-HUJI-men-convicted-for-plotting-to-kidnap-Sachin-Sourav/articleshow/7158798.cms
hari504504 Posted December 25, 2010 Posted December 25, 2010 It is no surprise.. they probably have all the VIPs in their cross-hairs. This is old news actually I think, I remember reading something similar a few years back (the same two players were the targets too then)
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