A tribute to Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma
Mohan Chand Sharma, a highly decorated Inspector of Delhi Police – receipient of seven gallantry medals – succumbed to his injuries yesterday evening…
Inspector Sharma paid for his life defending his country…fighting against “militants“
His commanding officer said, “We have lost our best man…”. Delhi’s Police Commisioner said he was, “one of our most brave officers”.
Nothing will fill the void in Inspector Sharma’s wife and children’s lives…and there is nothing that will illuminate the darkness in their hearts…But they should know that they do not grieve alone.  A nation shares their agony and pain…
Please join me in saluting this brave and fearless soul…and please spare a few moments to pay homage to our martyrs.
Jai Hind, Jai Bharat.
P.S. Could we please have an exhibition like this (see picture below) to honour the brave souls who defend our borders and the thousands who face the ultimate risk every day of their lives?
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Salute to “Mohan Sharmaâ€. I pray for his soul rest in peace. Candles who gives lights to others by burning themselves. You were one of them.
Jai Hind!
Heart-felt condolences to the officer’s family. May his soul rest in peace.
I agree with you. We should take steps to remember our heroes.
indian politicians please see the ground reality – not for the votes – on the issues like this – because one day every one has to pay for it – we lost a great indian patriot – i am herewith sending my – SHRADDANJALI – to the family members of our INDIAN HERO SHARMA.
Lt. Shri Mohan Chand sharma was the real hero.His bravery and dedication is immeasurable and is an inspiration for all.Finding no safe action and level of danger this man did it for all of us Indians and we are indepted to him.
We should pray for peace to this great soul.
Jai Hind!
I was sticked to the news channels on that encounter day, I glued to the channels, surfing, analysing, contemplating, the agony, pain, and distress of the family of Mr. M. C. Sharma, only bread earner, with so huge personal responsbilities and serving the nation as a TRUE TRUE….. Police man. I think its only your attitude and karma theory that works, in this. I saw his brave-heartness, his determination for his Nation. I don’t think, much of us think in this way, that, he could also have taken a good posting in some of the police station and have enjoyed and yelled upon most like of us, common people.
All these mixed feeling s in me which I could not express now, are coming to me because I felt very bad about his death. I saw on one of the channel his senior Jt. CP, Delhi has tears in his eyes, as I have sitting in front of the TV and just cursing myself for not being a part of this brigade of such honest people, I feel strongly, though we all are very busy in our schedules n engaged in all daily activities, but we should have some thing to do for our nation, so that at least my heart should not bleed so profusely, as it did this time, for Mr. Sharma.
I had saluted him from my heart in th Tv at the Nigam Bodh Gaht, he was not my relative, friend or anybody but I think I share his point of view to eliminate these COCKROACHES.
I felt much distressed yesterday late night when I saw the movie, A Wednesday, with my wife.
I was talking to her, about my feelings for us patriotic acts, I believe in law and order, but only in one THAT WORKS for us.
I am not going to condole anybody for Insp. Sharma, rather I would be going to do something which would make him feel more proud while he is in heaven.
Yet I could not be a part of the Law enforcement system, but I would also not like to be one at 32.
But YES!, I’ll certainly do something to make him pride, I would love to see smile once again on the family of Insp. Sharma, I would like to do something that could help them become more proud full for such a sacrifice of their ONE.
by this Blog I pledge
I’ll do that which will make us all feel very good and happy
Insp. Sharma’s family, his team, his NATION.
I come again and will let u all know that.
Jai Hind ! Jai Bharat mata ki!, Salute!
Bolte Rehne se Kuch nahin hoga, sirf yahi karte karte ek din char shoulders pe let ke nikal loge.
Kuch Karo, Please batein karni chodo
Keep this crab of Jai, Salute! away from such a HERO!
He might not rest in peace if We could not do anything for his NATION.
nation belongs to only those who do something for it.
Insp. Sharma, will live alive in me and in the people who thinks like me.
Aambrish
I too go throught the same pain and agony. I too feel helpless many times. In a nation like India it is very difficult to take action and bring change… I too sometime scratch my heads for the problem and its solutions. Before I found this blog I thought it is only me who is going through this ordeal but no, there are many like you and me who are concerend citizens.
Not one night, many nights I pass looking for many unsolved questions. Along with Mohan Sharma, many soldiers, freedom fighters and citizens who have sacrifised their lives live within me and all of us.
Lets take a pledge; I will not let them down at any moment while serving the nation, I will not let our country divide and will work for it till end.
Vande Matram
Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, a selfless hero, a true hero of India, a brave man. Rest in peace and may his family find the strength and love to tide them over this harsh stretch of life.
Dear Sir,
As a beginning let us understand the feelings of the policeman before we criticise him in future,
based on some crap like Human rights findings etc.
Just as Ms. Bedi, said. “When we can believe a Policeman with an AK 47, I am sure we can rely on him for his crime detection”.
Let the death of Shri. Sharma be a wakening call for all of us.
Regards,
vck
vck: Re your comment on human rights, let me quote the first sentence of Swapan Dasgupta’s article mentioned in my comment here:
Threen points extracted from Sandeep’s post:
Delhi Police Officer Shri Sharma had to sacrifice life due to the sin of Congress-UPA. Terrorism was brought to this level by the Congress-UPA govt. An young man losts life fighting terror (promoted, facilitated by Congress-UPA), wiwdowed his wife, orphaned his son, and Congress still playing with words- POTA failed, so we don’t need laws.
My appeal to Police and Security forces, don’t allow yourself to be used by the Congress in their vote-bank politics. Congress will pressure the security forces to helped out them at this hour to retain power. That does not mean, you don’t perform your duty. Perfom your duty with consceience.
To defeat terrorism, nation have to defeat Congress-UPA. Else, keep crying and debating and wait to see your mothers and other beloved family members teared, mutiliated bodies on the streets, hospitals, mandirs, and at house.
UPA Govt has encouraged “homegrown terrorism”: BJP
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=611267
ummmmm, not to rain on your parade, Bharat ….. but were the Parliamentary attacks (for which we moved over a million soldiers), akshardharm attack and the kargil war not under the watch of the BJP? Not to forget that it was a BJP government that knuckled down under to the Taliban and Kashmiri terrorists during the IC-814 crisis.
Selective memory, eh?
The issue runs much deeper than who is in charge at the centre, and I am fully confident that even if the BJP were to win the upcoming elections (which would be a poor result, given their traitorous action on the nuclear deal), they would end up facing the same challenges as being faced by the Congress. This is because we are not yet trying to treat the underlying cause but only the symptoms.
BTW, the Naxalites have waged a far more successful war against the Indian state to date, compared with these bombers. The Naxalites have actually taken out the state in many districts – do you think this is also due to “minority appeasement”.
#12: Thats your viewpoint, as all secularists has transformed into Amazonian parrots.
1. People say, little knowledge is dangerous. Did you forgot that all the terrorists of Akshamdham and Parliament attacks were mercilessly killed by the security guards and then masterminds were brought to justice with stringent anti-terror law POTA. Afzal Guru the master terrorist of Parliament attack were brought to justice by POTA and got the deserved punishement. But, now he is enjoying special treatment under secular Congress-UPA govt, and we heard he will be the next Congress-UPA President’s candidate. Yes, Rastrapati Bhavan don’t deserved someone more better secular person than Afzal Guru or perhaps Dawood Ibrahim or Italian Quottrochi.
2. About Khandahar, secularists wanted 160 Hindu passengers should have been allowed to be blown-up by the Jihadis (like 59 Hindus were roasted like chickens by the Jihadis in Godhara), so that they could have celebrate the Hindu bloodbath. Oh, they are saddened that 160 Hindus life got saved. Saving life of 160 Hindus (as they are lesser citizens of Bharat) by releasing three terrorists was a biggest crime in the history of mankind, BJP should be punished for that.
3. Our secular Nehru-clan now Maino-clan Congress must be allowed to create many more Bhrindranwale of Khalistani fame, ULFA of Asom fame, LTTE of SL fame, Naxalite of Andhra Pradesh fame, Jihadis of SIMI fame and lists goes on. Congress is the only secular party who can make our nation secure, peaceful and developed, as they are doing during last 60 years.
4. Congress-UPA have decided to facilitate Hindus to achieve quick NIrvana, as they don’t qualify for small things like Haj subsidy or Christian Haj subsidy. There will be frequent serial blasts by the Jiahdis, facilitated by the Congress-UPA govt for Hindus Nirvana. Hindus need to understand, living life in this world means suffering. So, go around streets of Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Ayodhya, etc to achieve quick Nirvana and escape from suffering (with teard mutiliated bodies, bathing with RED bloods and limbs scattered around). Oh Hindus, this is your destiny in Bharat. Please don’t curse anyone, accept the fate written by Destiny.
Well, “Bharat” (whose, I wonder, certainly not mine):
1. The UPA seems to have done the same with the blast victims ….. all caught and accounted for.
2. Isn’t that the definition of a weak state ….. that was the time for the “lahu purush” to take his stand …. unfortunately, he was all tin. Try the same trick with the Israelis ….. hijack one of their planes and see if the govt turns a hair if their citizens are blown up. Have you read about the Entebbe operation? What prevented the govt from launching a similar operation? Bah. So, much for the BJP.
3. Please document this ….. how are they creating Bhindranwales? BTW, the Gandhi family personally paid the price for that mistake. What price did the BJP pay for the Kandhahar surrender – the creation of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose current leader we realised. Nincompoops
4. Thankfully, there are only a few “hindus” like you, Bharat. If you are really interested in fighting the jihadis, instead of finger pointing, why don’t you join the army or the police forces? Encourage all your near and dear ones to do the same. Raise an army of hindus that will liberate this nation from our muslims. Wage a civil war ….. what prevents you, eh? Nah, easier to sit on a sofa and pontificate.
@ Bharat
I find you to be a clown. You don’t seem to get the real point that anybody is trying to make. Or may be you do, but want to only say what you have in mind even when someone has answered you so well and you do not have a good reply.
As I understand, Patriot has only answered your pain in #11. The point is that all kinds of terrorist attacks have happened even during BJP rule. The point is not whether the terrorists were killed after that or not.
FYI (for being of selective memory) even few security personnels were killed and their wives widowed and children orphaned in the Parliament attack.
@ Bharat
I agree with you.
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080067877&ch=10/6/2008%208:23:00%20PM
The family of Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who was killed in the Jamia Nagar encounter in New Delhi, on Monday reacted sharply to Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh’s raising questions over his death and said they will not accept the money he had announced to give.
The Inspector’s father Narottam Sharma said he was “sad” at the comments made by Singh that he had been shifted out of Special Cell before the encounter on September 19. “He is talking rubbish,” the senior Sharma said when asked about Singh’s claims.
“My son was not transfered from Special Cell. Who told him? How can a leader like him can say such things?”, he said. Singh has raised questions over the genuineness of the encounter in which Sharma and two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists were killed.
The Samajwadi Party leader even went to the extent of suspecting that the Inspector could have been killed by policemen themselves.
Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat also said Sharma was not transfered from the Special Cell, the elite anti-terror wing of Delhi Police. On the announcement by Singh that he would give Rs ten lakh to Sharma’s family, the Inspector’s father said they will not accept it.
Why join the police?
…21st October was National Police Memorial Day.
Did you hear about it anywhere or read any news article or discussion on it?
It’s celebrated in memory of those police personnel who laid down their lives on this day in 1959 when Chinese soldiers suddenly attacked Ladakh. I had thought this year, in view of the Batla House gang attacking the police in Delhi, the home ministry would be a little more active and a wreath would be laid by the Big Boss in the North Block showing solidarity with his men in khaki who have been asked to fight terror outfits. But I saw none.
Not even the Minister of State for Home thought it appropriate to join the police officers and jawans on this solemn day. Barring a few Hindi newspapers, not a single mainline English newspaper gave a line to this day’s celebration. Delhi’s police officers, meekly and perhaps with humiliation in their hearts, observed the day as an apology to their martyred colleagues. I looked to see if it had found a mention on the Delhi police website but there too nothing had appeared, except a picture of Inspector MC Sharma in the martyrs’ column. Not even a picture of the police commissioner laying a wreath at the small police memorial in the police lines was put on the website even 24 hours after the event. I tried the Ministry of Home Affairs site to know why police day is celebrated on 21st October – there was nothing about it. More than anyone else, police personnel understand the mood of the master; hence they felt it was safer to play defensive this year. The only celebration of the day I could get to know about was in Uttarakhand where chief minister Maj. Gen. BC Khanduri took the salute of the police parade and bestowed honours in a grand function to mark the day.
…Two questions arise. Why should a young Indian join the police? Money apart, it’s the honour, the izzat that sustains an organization. Even the criminal, terrorist gangs have a share of it in their own way. If a police man is expected to die like an animal and without any defence, face ignominy and insult even after death, what’s the fun in wearing khaki?
…Why defeat and put to shame a force that’s required daily to fight crime and maintain law and order? If the government doesn’t trust its own force or feels ashamed about it, better to disrobe them and form a new organization. Politicians need khaki to cover up their own misdeeds but refuse to introduce reforms to make it look better and independent, use it as a political pawn, yet distance themselves from it when it needs the protection most.
Who were those 12 who fell to the bullets of the communist terrorists called Maoists in Chhattisgarh on the eve of the police memorial day? A useless bundle of bad guys? Did you see any demand from any quarter to crush, ban and eliminate the communist attackers? Any protest in Delhi or Kolkata’s human rightists’ fashion shows? Suppose the attackers were saffron outfits and the victims were any non-Hindu segment, what would had been the reaction in political offices and the secular media? Because none in the Vatican cries for the personnel who die in the line of duty, none raise the issue in the Commonwealth or publish interviews of their widows and at least offer a line in praise for their sacrifice? Do you have to have a “proper†religious tag to be honoured for your patriotism? That too in this secular dispensation?
…Again the question arises, why should a young, bright Indian join the police?
Suppose there is definitive information about some terrorists hiding in Jamia or its vicinity, would any police officer risk his life and honour to get cracking? When terrorist are being defended through public demonstrations, turning them into new romanticized icons of victimized innocents because they wear a different religious colour, the first thing that gets compromised is the value of patriotism. Salary can make one write an FIR, but risking lives to eliminate the bad requires patriotism and a value system that motivates. Destroy these fibres and the result is a demoralized and a frightened sub-standard force.
…To date, we do not have a single government website giving details about its martyrs from the armed forces as well as the police. No memorial to Indian martyrs has even been planned in the capital except the one under the shadow of a gate that commemorates soldiers who protected the British empire and not the Independence movement. Not surprisingly, this colonial attitude to praise the firangs has made Delhi police website mention with pride that “the institution of Kotwal came to an end with the crushing of the revolt of 1857, the first war of freedom, by the British and, interestingly, the last Kotwal of Delhi, appointed just before the eruption of the first war of freedom, was Gangadhar Nehru, father of Pandit Motilal Nehru and grandfather of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister (sic).â€
Any surprise that we have all the statues and roads in memory of Aurangzeb and Krishna Menon, the villain of the 1962 war, but none named after the heroes from the forces.
Dear Shantanu,
I read the various posts with great interest. Being a policeman, and an honest one at that in India can be a thankless job. Though it can safely be said that fake encounters are indeed resorted to by the men in khaki out of sheer frustration arising from their inability to turn in results.
However to generalise and label every encounter between the police and terrorists as stage managed in order to push forward a hidden agenda is showing an inability to separate the grain from the chaff. One must realise that in encounters like this, there would be a section within the muslim population which would cry itself hoarse ab initio saying that it was a fake encounter (please note, this is not attributing dubiousness to the entire muslim population of this country, they need no advocates to establish their patriotic credentials, but merely taking cognizance of the bad apples amongst them like everywhere else).
They flourish on the old adage which says that a lie repeated several times over is accepted as the truth.
So, the moment an encounter takes place they start questioning its credentials and arrive at the conclusion that it is a fake encounter. In this case also, notwithstanding the fact that a hero amongst the Police was martyred these elements have the temerity to still suspect the genuineness of the encounter.
The presence of such elements is not restricted to the muslim community alone. Joining voices with them are intellectuals like Arundathi Roy, Politicians like Amar Singh who may or may not have their own personal agendas. However, to suspect this operation to be stage managed where a senior and an experienced police officer was martyred is like saying that there can never be a fair encounter in India moreso, where the encounter is against islamic terrorist. And in such situations where there are casualties amongst the islamic terrorist, then the presumption will be of a fake encounter… always…. irrespective of the loss suffered by the police in the process.
This kind of an attitude or response to affirmative action by the police will only lower the morale of the men in khaki, but then…. thats is perhaps precisely what those raising their voices want.
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Patriot you are but maybe Pakistani or Chinese – certainly not Indian.
Objective Eye – YOU are the clown.
While it is true that terror existed even during BJP what is appalling is the the way it is being portrayed under the current govt. As Indori66 has very correctly said “notwithstanding the fact that a hero amongst the Police was martyred these elements have the temerity to still suspect the genuineness of the encounter.
The presence of such elements is not restricted to the Muslim community alone. Joining voices with them are intellectuals like Arundathi Roy, Politicians like Amar Singh who may or may not have their own personal agendas. However, to suspect this operation to be stage managed where a senior and an experienced police officer was martyred….”
Lalu Yadav’s Bannerjee commission reported that the fire in the train was an accident caused by the occupants who is an insult to peoples intelligence.
We pay for Haj subsidies, separate airport for Hajis and yet a temporary shelter for Hindu pilgrims was unacceptable to the Muslims.
Whenever there is talk about islamic terrorism, the leftist media starts talking about Hindu terrorism.
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While we all know this, failing to acknowledge it is what is lacking here. The BJP would never have doubted the intentions or bravery of Inspector Sharma the way the CPI(M), Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav etc did.
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Shamsher: I have not seen you on this blog before..so welcome. I have edited your comment slightly and taken out some fairly offensive (and sweeping) generalisations.
Pleass refrain from doing that.
An eye for an eye is more likely to lead a civil war and fragmentation of India/Bharat than anything else.
If you have a moment. pl. also read my comment moderation policy
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“-this is not attributing dubiousness to the entire muslim population of this country, they need no advocates to establish their patriotic credentials, but merely taking cognizance of the bad apples amongst them like everywhere else)”
X% muslims give the remainder a bad name!!! I grew up in a muslim neighbourhood, I know.
Indori66 was probably educated in a communist university so he either doesn’t know or is trying to be politically correct.
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@ Shamsher: This is what I meant by sweeping generalisations…Can you please share any evidence to back what you have said (besides the maths was too precise)?
I am letting the comment stay for this time but it is at the edge of what I would allow here.
Please understand that provocative statements and shrill arguments may get you attention but is unlikely to get you many supporters.
Thanks.
@Shamsher:
“Patriot you are but maybe Pakistani or Chinese – certainly not Indian.”
Really? And, you managed to realise that just by reading a couple of my posts? Wow!!!! I think you should join RAW or the IB.
And, BTW, your responses are pretty typical – typical of what, I will let your vast intellect figure out.
Patriot,
Regarding your views on the IC-814 hijack, I would recommend that readers also get the perspective of the then Home Minister, Mr.L.K.Advani.
Here’s the relevant chapter from Mr.L.K.Advani’s autobiography “My Country, My Life”:
http://www.mycountrymylife.com/excerpts/phase-5.html
@ Reena:
Thank you for the link to Advani’s book – I had, in fact, read that bit about IC-814 earlier, but good to refresh my memory.
After reading it again, it does nothing to remedy my observation that the BJP acted in a manner no different from previous Congress governments, and the so-called “lahu purush” is nothing but the tin-man.
Consider the following:
1. BJP has been claiming that it would not run a “soft state”, yet in the very first test of its resolve, it buckled under. Since, when did a hard state listen to TV channels to make its decisions?
2. What do you think Israel would have done in exactly the same situation?
3. We have heard some commentators here talking about 160 “hindu” lives saved by our capitulation and the release of 3 terrorists. However, one of those three terrorists set up the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba, which then set up the bombing of the Mumbai trains, which killed 186 people. Besides being involved in many other bomb blasts, too. So, clearly the maths has not worked out. And, like I said before, I guess, in India, people on planes are more valuable than people on trains or foot.
4. Advani claims that the terrorists were receiving planning from the ISI – if they had credible evidence of this, why did the BJP not launch a full scale attack against Pakistan – after all, I would consider this an obvert, extremely hostile act against the Republic of India? And, this is not the only occasion when the BJP is guilty of empty sabre-rattling – the mobilisation of over a million troops to the border comes to my mind.
Bottom line: The current BJP leadership is no different from that of the Congress. In some ways, they are worse, as they claim to be better, but when push comes to the shove – they put their party interests over the national interest.
Personally, after voting for the BJP from 1996 through 2004, I have been deeply disappointed by their shallowness. I, for one, shall certainly not vote for them again, until the entire current top leadership is changed. (Of course, this also means that I shall not vote at all, as I will not vote for the congress, either)
Patriot,
I see that you have concerns.
If I can make a constructive suggestion, I feel you should also voice your concerns directly to Mr.L.K.Advani.
What’s wrong with writing to the man directly by going to his website? Give Mr.L.K.Advani your feedback. Surely, it will make a difference:
http://www.LKAdvani.in/eng/index.php
Reena,
Thanks for your comments.
If you think leaving a comment on Mr Advani’s website will make a difference, I will certainly do that.
Let us see what is the response.
Cheers
Thanks Patriot.
Nothing ventured, Nothing gained.
From: http://twitter.com/ndtv
Police: Indian Mujahideen militant confesses role in 2008 serial blasts
amar singh ji salika sikhiye mohan sharma ek saheed the koi dalali se karidhi hue khaddar pehenne wale nahi