’Martyrs are dubbed headless chicken’

Angry at the apathy of the Ram Pradhan committee report, Kavita Karkare pens a Marathi poem listing the pain of losing her husband

'Martyrs are dubbed headless chicken'

Angry at the apathy of the Ram Pradhan committee report, Kavita Karkare pens a Marathi poem listing the pain of losing her husband

The occasion was the launch of the Marathi version of Vinita Kamte's book The Last Bullet, but the aim of the three 26/11 widows Vinita Kamte, Kavita Karkare and Smita Salaskar clearly was the Pradhan Committee Report.

Terming the two-member Ram Pradhan Committee report, that investigated into the lapses of the Mumbai police in the 26/11 attack, as deceptive, they did not mince words to express their anguish over the manner in which it sought to cover up the failure of the Mumbai cops.

The biggest attack on the government and the Ram Pradhan committee came in the form of a Marathi poem penned by Kavita, wife of the then ATS chief Hemant Karkare.u00a0

It read, "In this country don't make the mistake of becoming a martyr, because Ram Pradhan committee
can hang even the martyrs. In no country martyrs are subjected to alcohol test, but it happens in this country. Don't make the crime of becoming a martyr because you can be dubbed as 'headless chicken' and 'dumb ass'. If you are the wife of the martyr, you do not have the right to ask why your husband, who was injured in 26/11 attack, did not get help for nearly 40 minutes and his body was lying on the road."

Smita, the wife of slain cop Vijay Salaskar, said that it was not just the terrorists who were responsible for the death of the three officers, but also the negligence and insensitiveness of the Mumbai police.

In her book, Vinita, the widow of Ashok Kamte, had questioned why Jt CP (Crime) Rakesh Maria denied having knowledge of Ashok Kamte going to Cama Hospital on that fateful night.