Saturday, February 5, 2011

Martyr Sandeep Unnikrishnan's uncle death–Facts that were never reported!

Uncle of Martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who attempted self-immolation on Thursday outside Parliament, died on Friday night. One would have expected media to report such a shocking incident as headlines. but it is shocking that media is going overboard to downplay the incident
K Mohanan, a native of Kozhikode in Kerala, poured kerosene on his body and set himself afire outside Gate No 4 of Parliament House near Vijay Chowk. He was admitted to the Lohia Hospital with  98 percent .
Most of the media houses (NDTV, Hindustan Times, Indian Express) report the cause of his drastic action as
"He was disturbed at the death of Sandeep. He wanted to feel the pain Sandeep might have suffered when he was shot at by the terrorists,"
Hindustan Times in their report 26/11 hero’s uncle sets himself afire report
told doctors at the Capital’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital that he wanted to “feel the pain that his nephew must have felt”.
NDTV in their report 26/11 hero's uncle sets himself on fire, dies says
Mohanan had told doctors that he was unhappy at the way the victims of the Mumbai attacks were treated by the government. "He was disturbed at the death of Sandeep. He wanted to feel the pain Sandeep might have suffered when he as shot at by the terrorists," the official said.
Indian Express in their report Self immolation: 26/11 martyr Maj Unnikrishnan's uncle dead says
Mohanan had told doctors that he was unhappy at the way the victims of the Mumbai attacks were treated by the government. "He was disturbed at the death of Sandeep. He wanted to feel the pain Sandeep might have suffered when he was shot at by the terrorists," the official said
IBN  in their  report Unnikrishnan's uncle dies after immolation bid goes even further and reported the cause of his drastic action as unknown
Although it was not clear why he took the drastic step, some reports say he was disturbed over his nephew's death. He was apparently also upset with the government's apathy in treating 26/11 victims.
The impression we get from all the media reports is Mr. Mohanan took the drastic action to “feel the pain Sandeep might have suffered when he was shot at by the terrorists” and “upset with the government's apathy in treating 26/11 victims”. Note the operational word is victims of 2611 not perpetuators of 2611!
Media Watch fails to understand how a person who suffered 98% burn would be able to narrate reasons for his drastic action! It is plain that there is much more than what media was reporting. Media Watch after much search stumbled upon following information which sheds new light on the incident
A diary was recovered from Mohanan's belongings which revealed why Mohanan resorted to this extreme step.  The diary read,
“the administrators and representatives of the political parties could not do anything for the victims of the 26/11 attack. It was actually a war against two nations. Wasn’t the decision that was taken by the government on the Kandahar incident a reason for the Mumbai attack?... Anyone can come to India and do anything in India... Indian democracy is a curse for India itself... the enemies are utilizing this... why is the government delaying the introduction of a bill in Parliament against terrorism?.... Democracy should be for the well-being of the nation, and it should not make way for terrorism... Sandu mon (Sandeep Unnikrishnan) you are forgotten every passing day... but I will never forget you.”
Now we know why Govt was overzealous to suppress this information!
It is more shocking to know that Media knew that K. Mohanan was going to commit self immolation, they instead of trying to stop or save him, preferred to record the incident ! According to police
K Mohanan informed a few mediapersons, who parked their OB vans outside Parliament House, before taking the extreme step. Some of them recorded the incident on their cameras without anyone trying to save his life.
Yes you heard it right!  A screen shot of one of alleged videos is below. Media Watch is SHOCKED

Media Watch contacted IBN for clarification on this issue. IBN replied that "by the time journos reached, he had already immolated."

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8 comments:

  1. A perfect example of the world we live in today, where a man's sacrifice (according to me a cowered step, because self immolating is not a way to register ones protest for ones right) is portrayed to benefit individual greed. In the process blanketing the truth & influencing the minds of other despaired people in different cases who have suffered or are suffering at the hands of these self obsessed politicians (be it from any party). Our country needs a revolution to be free from these politicians who have taken over after the British & rewrite our future instead of following the typical influenced democracy (which is a sham).

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  2. i feel soo sad d way ppl of this country are misusing democracy..

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  3. Awaken people in Egypt erupt after same incident.. but we r never bothered to wake at any cost.. Sad.. Mr. Mohanan your attempt also fails to wake the people of this country.. We are more materialistic now.. Country and countrymen never come in our priority.. the politicians are looting us by fooling us and we get fooled easily.. Media is playing big role to divert the attention easily.. There must be an alternative of Media monopoly that Kiran Bedi asked for recently..

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  4. A futile and wasted attempt sacrificing his life for that Government whose priorities are nothing more than but systematically ruin the country off its resources and faith! You have wasted your life to a cause that authorities and media, the two anchors responsible, the former for making the country secure and the latter for projecting to the people how secure, have miserably failed to do so.

    While I pray his soul rest in peace, it is a life wasted, sadly.

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  5. I am simply out of words to comment & hide my shame as a Indian.

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  7. Pay your respective tribute and salute to an Indian real hero, who was sacrificed his life for the Nation, he was officer in the Indian Army serving in the elite Special Action Group of the National Security Guards, Maj Sandeep Unnikrishnan on sandeep-unnikrishnan.tributes.in.
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