Terror accused and BJP Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur has publicly claimed that decorated police officer Hemant Karkare died during the 26/11 attacks because she had cursed him. Karkare, then Maharashtra anti-terrorist squad chief, had arrested Pragya and other Hindu suspects over the September 2008 bombing in Malegaon, Maharashtra. “He (Karkare) tortured me and subjected me to unbearable abuse,” Pragya, given bail on health grounds last year and named BJP candidate from Bhopal on Wednesday, told a rally on Thursday. “The BJP is of the clear view that late Hemant Karkare died bravely fighting terrorists. Eventually, around 8pm on Friday — almost 24 hours after her initial statement — Pragya apologised through an aide “if her statement had hurt anyone”.

Source: The Telegraph April 20, 2019 01:18 UTC