“Sandeep Is Not A 26/11 Victim, He Did His Duty”: Major’s Father To NDTV

The daddy of Main Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the Nationwide Safety Guard commando killed whereas combating terrorists throughout the 26/11 terror assaults in Mumbai, has mentioned Tahawwur Rana’s long-awaited extradition to India was not a diplomatic success, but in addition “revenge” for most people. Talking to NDTV over the cellphone, Okay Unnikrishnan mentioned Rana’s extradition doesn’t present closure and David Coleman Headley, key conspirator of the 2008 terror assault, must be introduced again too.

Thirty-one-year-old Main Unnikrishnan led a workforce of 10 commandos to the enduring Taj Mahal resort after it got here beneath assault. The workforce of commandos got here beneath heavy hearth from the terrorists holed up within the resort. Main Unnikrishnan additionally ensured the evacuation of his injured colleagues and chased the terrorists alone. He managed to nook the terrorists within the northern finish of the resort and was killed within the encounter. In response to his colleagues, his final phrases have been, “Do not come up, I’ll deal with them.”

The courageous officer was awarded an Ashok Chakra, India’s highest peacetime navy ornament. “Main Sandeep Unnikrishnan displayed most conspicuous bravery moreover camaraderie and management of the best order and made the supreme sacrifice for the nation,” the quotation learn.

Sixteen years on, his aged father’s phrases replicate the bravery his son confirmed that day. “Sandeep will not be a sufferer of 26/11. He was a safety personnel who did his responsibility effectively within the face of sure dying. He was positive that he wouldn’t come again. If he didn’t do that in Mumbai, he would have achieved it some place else. Our primary concern ought to be to forestall such an assault in order that we are able to minimise the injury these individuals intend to do,” he mentioned.

Requested if Rana’s extradition brings him some satisfaction, he replied, “Undoubtedly it is a success. For most people, it isn’t only a diplomatic success, it is a revenge. We may get the perpetrator,” he mentioned.

To a query on whether or not India’s success in getting Rana’s custody will present closure to the households of the 166 victims killed within the assaults, Mr Unnikrishnan mentioned, “It is not a closure. We have now to get Coleman Headley. These are all instruments, they’re working for cash. The individuals labored on the behest of some businesses in our neighbourhood. However the brains behind it, we have now not touched them but, regardless of proving the whole lot past doubt. However that is positively an achievement, although delayed. And I hope everybody will likely be punished.”

A particular airplane bringing Rana again is prone to land in Delhi this afternoon. Thereafter, officers of the Nationwide Investigation Company will query him.

Mr Unnikrishnan mentioned he believes NIA would undergo each element. “This (Rana) is a discovered man. NIA has all the data, they have been simply ready for him. Let’s have a look at what comes out of this.”

Tahawwur Rana is being dropped at India after he exhausted his authorized choices within the US to problem the extradition. The previous Pakistan Military physician supplied logistic, monetary and different help to David Headley — a key conspirator within the terror assault, in keeping with the NIA chargesheet. He’s charged beneath sections referring to felony conspiracy, waging struggle in opposition to the federal government of India, homicide and forgery and related sections beneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act.