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Pragya Thakur's comment on Karkare her personal view, Karkare a martyr: BJP

BJP candidate Pragya Thakur kicked-up a controversy with her comments on 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare. The BJP said Pargya Thakur may have said such a thing due to years of "mental and physical torture".

Reported by: PTI New Delhi Published on: April 19, 2019 18:55 IST
BJP president Amit Shah (Image for representation)
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BJP president Amit Shah (Image for representation)

The BJP Friday distanced itself from Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's controversial comment that IPS officer Hemant Karkare died in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as she had cursed him, saying it was her personal view which she might have made "due to years of physical and mental torture".

"The BJP believes that Karkare died while bravely fighting terrorists. The BJP has always considered him a martyr, " the party said in a damage-control exercise.

The party, which has fielded Malegaon blast accused Thakur from Bhopal in the Lok Sabha election, claimed she had suffered "physical and mental torture" for years in police custody that might have caused her to make such a statement. The comment is her "personal view",  it added. 

Karkare, who headed the Mumbai anti-terror squad, had died in the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.

Addressing BJP workers in Bhopal, Thakur claimed Karkare died as she "cursed" him for "torturing" her in custody.

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