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| A screen grab of former Home Secretary R K Singh speaking about bis pet topic - Dawood Ibrahim |
Staff correspondent, August 25, 2015, NewsCrunch
A bunch of rogue Mumbai cops sabotaged India's covert operation to execute Dawood Ibrahim in Karachi, suggests R K Singh.
When Vajpayee was the PM, Indian agencies had got into a quiet understanding with gangster Chota Rajan to bump off Dawood Ibrahim. They had begun to train Chota Rajan's men at Maharashtra.
R K Singh said the operation was aborted by rogue elements in Mumbai police, who not only tipped off Dawood Ibrahim but also landed at the training site with arrest warrants for Rajan's men. The cops were on Dawood Ibrahim's payroll he alleged.
In the course of the interview with Aaj Tak's Rahul Kanwal, R K Singh said at least four times that he could not confirm what he had just told. He said he had just heard it, there was no evidence, and the aborted covert operation was just talk in the air.
A former Home Secretary who has been privy to classified information, is expected to speak more responsibly. He may have retired, but what he says carries weight, gives talking points to Pakistan.
At a time when India has made a strenuous effort to prove Dawood Ibrahim's presence on Karachi, R K Singh's irresponsible talk will have the effect of whittling it down.
Though there are reports of India launching and aborting covert operations to target Dawood Ibrahim, it is perhaps for the first time a former top official has gone on record about it.
It has been reported that an operation launched by nine Indian commandos nicknamed Super Boys had been called off in the last minute.
R K Singh also said a covert operation should be launched against Dawood Ibrahim and if possible against Hafiz Saed as well.
Zee news reported that after Indian disclosures, Pakistani Army and the ISI had shifted Dawood Ibrahim from Karachi to country's North region Muri.