A Brave Delhi Cop
Let me begin by saying that I mean no disrespect to Now ‘Late’ Inspector M C Sharma of Delhi Police neither have any doubt on the Slain Inspector’s integrity and commitment to his duty. I am glad that we still have officers like him in the force which is so much ‘maligned’.
My humble tributes to him.
I have not forgotten the old Latin adage: De mortuis nil nisi bonum (Nothing but good of the dead). YET, I am sad; if not angry with the ‘false imprudent Bravado’ of the slain Cop for not wearing the bullet proof jacket at the time of encounter, it might have saved his precious life. He had done that earlier too – not wearing Bullet proof- and was warned by Ajay Raj Sharma, Ex. Commissioner, Delhi Police.
This time; false imprudent bravado cost him: His life, Delhi Police: An astute and able officer and Nation: A committed Son.
What a criminal waste of such a human being! I am sure this is the sentiment his family and colleagues too will share with me.
We need officers like M C Sharma alive and shooting terrorists in head, not getting killed stupidly imprudently.
War on terror can not be won by getting ‘Killed’ and celebrated by the MSM (with every 10 minutes break!) as some breaking news (sic!). Wars are not won by sacrificing lives. Wars are won by taking enemies out and eliminated, for forever. I lament at any such life wasted.
May his soul rest in peace and others take a lesson after paying such a hefty price.
Sad as I am,
PI.
Very truly said.
We need officers like M C Sharma alive and shooting terrorists in head, not getting killed stupidly.
sure very sad.
Amit k
Jabalpur
agree with you fully.
police all over the country should tighten their mandatory reequirements in respect of all ATS officers or whereever the cops are going for dangerous missions.
I Disagree to this as on one time we have seen him working and got a chance to monitor his working abilities for one day.
He was the brave son of the nation.He always use to plan his moves let it be anything.This time he came directly from the hospital where his son is fighting dengue and joined the encounter as learned from other websites.
He was on a call from the nation,his duty where he forgot his family and bullet proof jacket too.without caring for his life he fought bravely and killed two terrorist.
I on behalf of my family salute his bravery. MC u will always be remembered for what you have given to delhi and delhites.
We have to pay tributes to
BRAVE HERO M.C.Sharma.
Government should provide modern Arms to COP’s. Specially to the forces who are participating like this Anti Terrorism Operations and Police personnel also take primary precautions before conducting like this operations.
False Bravado???
Ur intent might not be wrong with this post but pls use some decent language.
We sitting in our A/c rooms dont know what might have happened on that moment.
An Encounter Veteran himself, Late Shri MC Sharma was aware of the kind of risks he is working under and he has been working like this for years. There were some circumstances under which wearing a bullet proof Jacket was not appropriate for the successful completion of the Encounter.[refer to latest press Releases by Special Cell, Delhi Police]
Mr. Sharma took the lead, volunteered himself and faced the culprits head on.
Hats off to him.
He is a true hero. No false Bravado.
The loss india suffers is unimaginable but please keep away from these kind of talks.
You call yourself ‘the prudent Indian’, under normal circumstances I don’t loose my respect for all Indians, but in this case it’s your ‘False Bravado’ to call yourself what you think you are.
HOW MANY ENCOUNTERS HAVE YOU CARRIED OUT???? IS THAT YOUR PROFESSIONAL CORE COMPETENCE!!!!
Try walking out in your bazaar with anything that looks like a bullet proof vest and check out the fear and panic you create for common people, forget about announcing your ‘arrival’ to the bad elements (who are networked even up to the extent of local Pan-wallahs) by the way just to enlighten you, bullet proof vests are worn inside the shirt only in Bollywood movies
So be PRUDENT enough to understand that the BEST man was on the job, and took his call as per the best of his professional abilities, Respect that and also the fact that he was not killed like Inst. Rajbhar (further tainting the police force by having the builder mafia associated with his murder.)
Hats off to him.
He is a true hero. No false Bravado
its very great loss for india ………
HAM US JAJBE KO SAT SAT NAMAN KARTEN HAIN
we are proud to be indian……………
Ankit
“False Bravado???”
Do self a favor and check what does ‘Bravado’ mean and answer self.
As for this “We sitting in our A/c rooms dont know what might have happened on that moment.”… I do not sit in any A/C room and even if I do, does not mitigate my argument or/and incriminate me for doing nothing. After all, not every one can become a ‘soldier’! Some more Prudent and Brave Indians do what they think should need to be done, their own way.
“An Encounter Veteran himself, Late Shri MC Sharma was aware of the kind of risks he is working under and he has been working like this for years.” This is what I lament. He was a veteran and should have known.
“There were some circumstances under which wearing a bullet proof Jacket was not appropriate for the successful completion of the Encounter.[refer to latest press Releases by Special Cell, Delhi Police]”. This might be true but then, I am sure of my sources, EQUALLY authentic and confirmed if not more than yours, he (The Braveheart MC Sharma) should have know and been careful for what he was up and against.This is apparent for what he conveyed to conveyed Journail Singh addl DCP. Period. His boss
“Mr. Sharma took the lead, volunteered himself and faced the culprits head on.
Hats off to him.” Indeed he was a brave man, but I want such brave men to do as I said. “We need officers like M C Sharma alive and shooting terrorists in head, not getting killed stupidly.”
I hope you get the point.
vivek Trikha
“You call yourself ‘the prudent Indian’, under normal circumstances I don’t loose my respect for all Indians, but in this case it’s your ‘False Bravado’ to call yourself what you think you are.
HOW MANY ENCOUNTERS HAVE YOU CARRIED OUT???? IS THAT YOUR PROFESSIONAL CORE COMPETENCE!!!!”
Dear friend Vivek. I do understand your agony and believe me I am glad you asked me so – personal diatribes, not withstanding – but still, read above and as far as bullet preoof are worn under shirt or over it? No argument, but should have worn, NEVERTHEELESS. PERIOD.
I as an humble PI would like to see these officers do,as I said, “We need officers like M C Sharma alive and shooting terrorists in head, not getting killed stupidly.
War on terror can not be won by getting ‘Killed’ and celebrated by the MSM (with every 10 minutes break!) as some breaking news (sic!). Wars are not won by sacrificing lives. Wars are won by taking enemies out and eliminated, for forever. I lament at any such life wasted.”
Read post once more you will get all answers or rather you would have got had you only been ‘attentative’ enough.
I want these ‘Brave Hearts’ to be Alive and shooting down enemies not getting Killed stupidly. Does that make me less Prudent friends?
PI.
yes it does…. please define stupidity as againsts core competence and just to reiterate on your question to ankit, MCS did speak to his boss ‘karnail’ singh and not ‘Journail Singh addl DCP’ and was told to take a call with precaution.
I belong to the services, and hence know how to win wars, though your attitude is tha same as in the services, but casulaties despite the best resources are not STUPID.
“bullet preoof are worn under shirt or over it? No argument, but should have worn, NEVERTHEELESS’ IS NO ANSWER TO THE PRACTICLE SITUATION ON GROUND as explained earlier.
DONOT FORGET ENTEBEE, 71 OLYMPICS etc etc, werent there casulaties or you call them stupid deaths.
Please GET STUPID OUT OF YOUR VOCABULARY, if not use it prudently
BEST REGARDS
“MCS did speak to his boss ‘karnail’ singh and not ‘Journail Singh addl DCP’ and was told to take a …”
I stand corrected.
Dear Vivek, yes I agree at times one reacts spontaneously and lowers the guard, it is human and understandable, especially so when the circumstances were/are taxing and need immediate call.
BUT I fail to see what you are objecting at. Is it that I want such ‘BRAVE HEARTS ALIVE’ and doing duty or lying on pyre? Wish you had attended his funeral too, as I have just returned from.
Mr. Vivek I hold no brief for Rajbir (though I feel he too did good job too). His death too was tragic and untimely… sure as you claim to be from services… you should know all. I have no intention to make this blog a place for accusations and counter allegations. PERIOD.
As for “Please GET STUPID OUT OF YOUR VOCABULARY, if not use it prudently”. Sure suggest me another word and will surely do that.
PI.
well …like Ankit said the objection is to the language
as for the alternatives….hows IMPRUDENT OR INJUDICIOUS OR UNWISE OR INDISCREET.. I am sure there are many more.
And please donot take my POV as any accusations and counter allegations its just a POV as you have one.
Best regards
Vivek, sure ‘imprudent’ is just as apt. Thanks. shall replace it ASAP.
Point for the post was to send my message across not to offend anyone. Especially when, I too am just as upset, if not more than all other Prudent Indians- in services or out.
PI
PS: Since you guys are from service please check a post I wrote two years back “Afzal saved; Indians Shamed”. I never ask any one to read what I wrote, still I recommend to you guys to read that. (just search u will get it here). PI.
My dear Friend,
“An Encounter Veteran himself, Late Shri MC Sharma was aware of the kind of risks he is working under and he has been working like this for years.” This is what I lament. He was a veteran and should have known.
He knew about it and he did not wore any jacket, there must be something stopping him from wearing it.
My objection was never against your intentions. Somewhere someone must have taken a lesson from this incident but Sh. MC Sharma was NOT KILLED STUPIDLY.
Edit your post and remove some words from it, if i am able to justify my point.
Ankit
Dear ankit,
I take strong objection to this
No body tells me what to write or what not to write. Am I clear?
I am open to argument, discussion and reasons, If convinced shall not take a second further to review and correct self but who the hell you think you are to order me?
Just do not try to bully around. I know my rights and responsibilities too well.
PI.
Dear PI
Thank you for your prompt action, have seen your post on “Afzal saved; Indians Shamed” and have shared my POV.
Best Regards
Vivek, respecting your sentiments have made the changes as you desired.
PI.
Please don’t strangulate yourself by getting fixed up in the web of words.
I, in a way aired my take on this and made a request. I definitely did not ordered you.
I read something which prompted me to write back, so I did.
I offer my sincere apologies if I hurt you in any way.
I liked your content rich space and plan to be a regular here.
Surely, we will find many more issues to celebrate our differences.
Thanks anyways.
this time is very unfortunate. we missed our supercop today who can make safe our lives from terror.
Your questions on false bravado are in a very bad taste. I have nothing more to say on this. You sound to me as insensitive in this defining hour of the war on terror in the country.
Wearing a bulletproof/kevlar vest is a must. India needs to make it mandatory. Yes it might be unconfortable but once enforced gradually officers will get used to it.
Here in the west officers always wear vests on patrol let alone such dangerous missions. In fact in these occations they sharp shooter who dont even need to enter the house
I agree ..He should have taken more care and saved himself for tomorrow as to eliminate more criminals..
I have been reading lot of conspiracy theories on this encounter,claming it to be fake and that the brave cop may have been killed by people within,for having so many official secrets within himslef..
I dn’t know what to believe and what not to..Media says one thing today,and tells the opposite tmorw..I can’t either go to the location and understand things for myself either..Feel totally helpless reading articles..Never know whether it is a propaganda or not..
India should strive all such evils and remain as beaufiful it had ever been
Who are you to assume it is false or imprudent?
He deliberately did not wear the jacket as that would make him more noticeable before the attack, probably while they were pretending to be hanging around scouting the area. And the attack did not go according to plan, and it turned out there were more terrorists than anticipated. He and others had managed to get the first couple of them, so it was a surprise.
In fact, its extremely imprudent and offensive to blog about stuff you have no clue about. Patriotic and heroic people get killed, and verbal diarrhea is no heroism. Using bold fonts dont mean you are a hero. Have you even caught a thief to understand the factors that go into executing an encounter?
From US General Patton of WW II fame:
Patton: Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
Surprisingly, I also posted a similar blog entry sometime back. Nice to read different point of views here.
You may like to see my blog “M C Sharma – Knight without a shining armour” @ http://virtualopinion.wordpress.com/
Ramu and some others, who have been complaining…
Tell me what are you complaining about? Why you guys are hell bent to see ‘HEROS and BRAVE HEARTS’ DEAD?
WHY?
Oh! So by your argument any body who is both “Patriotic and heroic” must get killed first and then claim? Wonder whose side you are RAMU! Why you prefer to get all ‘Patriotic and Heros get Killed’? And BTW, Ramu Shamu Nanu …betrays intentions, if not who. Period.
HUH!
“Using bold fonts dont mean you are a hero. Have you even caught a thief to understand the factors that go into executing an encounter?”
Anon @ 23
From US General Patton of WW II fame:
Exactly, this is what I meant. Thanks.
PI.
M.C.Sharma either wore a B.P Jacket or not, but the outcome is, he is no more. We dont know why a veteran encounter specialist did not wear a B.P Jacket. May be he had his own reasons which we are unable to see or even imagine. We had 26 posts before this and only a few of them were worth reading. Clearly states that we are posting only to make our points win. The PI was right in saying that these kind of people should not die because of such reasons. But PI, thats your personal opinion, and i second you on that. But, you never know the situation in which MCS was. He must have done the right thing in the situation he was. Lets accept it. PI, u are talking about a ideal situation where the cop must wear a B.P jacket and take his position and perform the operation. But seldom arises the ideal situation when dealing with terrorists. Hope we get more such Cops and sincerely hope that some of us become such Cops.
Ankit,
Sure. Welcome Sweet Heart.
Well said, “to celebrate our differences”.
This is what democracy is all about my friend. ‘Disagreement’ is the first and foremost alphabet for any and I too celebrate that. Dissent – Dialogue – Discussion and Decision is what ‘Democracy’ is all about.
PI.
i m so surprised seeing this post.How can one say it a false bravado.Think what will happen to nehru place if those terrorist were not killed n if MC Sharma was just thinking of wearing a BP jacket.I accept this is one of the biggest loss of the nation.But he done this so that terrorist could not recognise his identity.MC sharma surely thought about his wife , his children ,his parents before going for the encounter without the BP jacket.But he knows what is best at that situation.We cannot doubt his talent and skills.He died for the nation.At least we can use some good language for him.I salute him for what he had done for us.He is the true hero of the country.
Dear all,
I do appreciate ur valuable comments on the said encounter but i request all people willing to post a comment on this story to go through the statements made by our well-reputed DP and match them to the statements made by the police of the states where these terrorist attcks been carried out….one more thing i wud like to suggest is that every body needed to be unbiased before makin a comment… i say it is total fake. an encounter tht has been carried out with a high political drama n i strongly see a foul play into it. being a native of Azamgarh i wud like to inform u all tht the guys who are labelled as masterminds of the blasts tht rocked several cities in India are a mere prey to the corrupted politics. i knew them personally as most of them grew up in front of my eyes, playing nite cricket matches in their hometowns, very humble n innocent guys. i can’t believe rather m shocked n stunned the way DP is maligning the character of Azamgarh. they r shameless people who never think even once before alleging of something. there are millions of questions in the mind of a common public tht need to be answered.
1. if they were terrorist how cum DP raided their rooms and crept in so easily? how childish it is to say tht they were having AK-47 in their bags and imported pistols in their hands while firing at police.
2. DP said two of them escaped during the operation. can any body help me out to make me understand tht how cum it be possible when they were all the palces inside the flat L-18 on the stairs, in the streets, n whole area was covered by DP and moreover there was no way out???????
3. as per our hon’ble Police Commisioner: when Mr. M.C Sharma approached the room and asked them to surrender they fired 8 round at them and in retaliation they fired 22 rounds ..isn’t it surprising tht two of them were shot dead at the spot but Saif who wass arrested later did get even a single scratch on his body?????
4.DP claimed earlier tht Juneid is a 14 year child who is expert in makin Bombs now they r sayin it is Sajid who was Bomb specialist, one of the shot dead.
5. Earlier it was Abul Bashar who was mastermind behind all the blasts carried out in the country now it is shifted to Atif ???? who gonna be the next dear DP?
6. how cum 1st of the 4 bullets hit MC sharma in his bak when he was facing the door????? if the terrorist fired frm inside???
7. why DP keeps changing statements sometimes, they accuse Tauqeer to be behind all the blasts,then it is Atif who was a genius in mastermindin the whole plot, then it Shakeel who use to give ideas nad tricks to Atif, then it is Saquib ????? my God when they r going to stop these fake allegations… anyway, needless to say tht any body who has a common sense wud dfntly condemn this heinous blastin acts but at the same time wud dfntly look forward to get the real proof and evidences against the alleged. or else he is bind to think a foul play…
one more thing i wud like to add… i wonder y this investigation doesn’t consider those who were involved making bombs and caught red handed in Kanpur, the ones who also involved bombin in danded…is it bcoz they were RSS activists or it is bcoz they belong to another religion ????? terrorism has no religion. i ask all the well wishers of our native land to stand against terrorism.
Fake Encounter!!!! where is Teesta Setalvad???? Where is CNN-IBN???? Where is Barkha Dutt??? where are the Pseudo Secularists??? Human Rights activists??
oh…it is a Congress Lead Government in Delhi! and Shiela Deekshit is the CM not Narendra Modi.So no issues!!!!
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh just got a weapon “A CAMOUFLAGE NUCLEAR DEAL” to distract the public from the fallout of his Government.He and His Boss Sonia bluffs India Remain poorest country since independence because we didn’t have this nuclear deal!!! and it will solve the entire problem we are facing!!!! Like Indira Gandhi…Sonia believes as long as India remain illiterate Congress can SOW and HARVEST.In the coming election the SEED IS THIS CAMOUFLAGE NUCLEAR DEAL!!!.
[...] 2. Why did MC Sharma not wear a bullet proof vest and how come he was shot at close range. [...]
“6. how cum 1st of the 4 bullets hit MC sharma in his bak when he was facing the door????? if the terrorist fired frm inside???”
Khan, nice try….
Have you done the postmortem yourself? While the news reports three shorts, you have four shorts. And that too one from the back!!
May be it proves more terrorists were holed up in surroundings houses and shooting at the police concentrating on a single house – as they should be doing, instead of blowing up the whole neighbourhood like the Chinese or the Russians, or even the Americans would have probably done…
While tagging this post, you have tagged this to Laloo Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan also?
Seems Prudent Indian is a big fan of these two characters
I agree with you here, it was a life wasted to save the chair of Home Minister who was under pressure to perform.
But we need such “stupid Indians” more.
PI,
Does anyone even know that Inspector Sharma did not wear vest for protection?
One hit his thigh, another his arm, and another his waist/tummy area (which ended up bleeding too much) – the last one could have been exposed even if a bullet proof vest was worn depending on the type of vest.
Chandra,
It is confirmed that he was not wearing Bullet Proof- but as a part of ‘strategy’. May be it was need of the hour. Though, I lamented against this very basic precaution, but it is just this alone.
As for bullet injuries – just as much I have information – two bullets pierced through his body. I saw Khan’s comment and yours too. Both may be wrong and right at the same time. Bullets fired from close range pierce through body (muscular parts) making entry and exit wounds. So as there are four wounds on body, two at the fore and two at the back. Postmortem report mentions that no bullets were recovered from body – confirms this.
Chandra point is: BP is there to protect the ‘vital organs’ of the human body. But then, surely ‘death’ chooses its own time, place and reason.
Looking at what we all know, I am not sure that even if he had worn one (BP); would have been among us today! His ‘Destiny’!
But at any rate his ‘martyrdom’ should not go waste.
This humble PI has just made other ‘Brave Hearts’ a bit more cautious for they are ‘rare’.
Surely Brave Heart M C Sharma’s (May God Bless His soul and rest in Peace) supreme sacrifice will be ‘guiding spirit’ for others to follow.
PI.
Prudent: You and your readers may want to spare a moment to remember our other “heroes” too…
http://satyameva-jayate.org/2008/09/20/inspector-mohan-sharma/
Jai Hind.
Khan, some breaking news. Taquiyya tactics and baal ki khaal nikalna time is up. Terrorism has no religion, huh, tell this to Indian Mujrahideen, Students ISLAMIC movement of India, Jaish e MOHAMMED, Harkat ul Jihad e ISLAM to remove ISLAMIC content and have secular names…LMAO is there a law against you morons going to a school where they teach parsing facts and applying logic.
This happens ONLY in INDIA…
An Ace Shooter (Abinav Bindra) wins an OLYMPIC GOLD and the Govt.
gives him 5 Crores of Rupees….
Another Ace Shooter Dies Fighting Terrorists
the Govt. gives him 5 Lakh Rupees….
Dearest Khan Sama,
there is no baal ki khal nikalna kind of thing here deariiiieeee…..those were some very very valid questions tht any liberal mind can think of….provided he’d been following the police statements which never stop changing….. Moreover, i wud advise u to check the authenticity of the deatils being provided by Police….as i mentioned earlier, tht being from Azamgarh and to be more specific from the same village…I do know the most of the accused personally just like i kno myself…So it’s very natural not to digest all these bullshits unless proved in court with valid evidences…
Secondly, I got a strong feeling tht u r not convinced tht terrorism has no religion…… I am feeling pity for u not becoz u r condemning some of so called terrorist groups but bcoz u r one of those who never give even a single damn thought before blurting out their opinions on things tht they don even hav a clue of……. Do u really believe tht all these movements or organizations exist?????? don’t beleive wat media or police claiming or sayin….try to sepnd some of ur precious time to look into the fact files of these organizations…… As far as SIMI is concened,,,, i can guarantee u baby tht they will come clean one day….. sab bahut sochi samjhi planning hai dear….kaash tum ko khabar ho pati……. i use to go SIMI’s headoffice there in Zakir nagar in ma university days n i do know what they were all about…and based on my knowledge i can assure you tht they are not involved in any of the blasts… and if you are tryin to say tht Islam is all about terrorism or related to it then i can only suggest you to hav sum nuts and do read Qur’aan Again…and try to understand its guidelines.
then watch wht u r sayin
All those who think its a fake encounter must be :
1. out of their mind
or
2.Crazy
or
3. Stupid pseudosecularist
or
4. terrorist themselves.
why would delhi police kill and injure its own Brave personnel ??
Fully agree with Arjun Ranaut
y are we so miser when rewarding our heroes!!
some stupid people even doubt their credentials and call it a fake encounter rather than Praising them.
Guys,
STOP LAMENTING STUPIDITY. NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE WHEN A COP GOES TO FIGHT WITHOUT A VEST!
IT IS AVAILABLE FOR RS. 30,000/- !!!!!!
I DO NOT WANT MY COPS TO DIE AND THEN GET AWARDED RS. 5 LAKHS BY IDIOTIC IPS SERVICE AND HOME MINISTERS AND THE MOST STUPID SONIA GANDHI.
THIS STUPIDITY IS RIDICULOUSLY BEING GARBED UNDER DYING FOR THE COUNTRY. IT IS OUR JOB TO PROTEST WHEN OUR COPS GO TO BATTLE WITHOUT PROTECTION
fully agree.