Karkare had arrested Pragya and several other Hindu suspects in connection with the 2008 bombing in Malegaon, Maharashtra. “Ashok Chakra awardee late Sri Hemant Karkare, IPS, made the supreme sacrifice fighting terrorists. I stand up for my colleague, who received the highest gallantry award but is now being maligned.”Former IPS officer Sudhakar Suradkar said Pragya’s statement was not just condemnable but also actionable. An IPS officer posted in the Union home ministry said: “Karkare was a hero who sacrificed his life fighting terrorists. A month later, the trial court in Mumbai said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the charges against Pragya were “prima facie true”.

Source: The Telegraph April 20, 2019 02:26 UTC