Batla House encounter case

The Batla House encounter case was an armed Delhi Police operation to arrest terrorists of the terrorist outfit called 'Indian Mujahideen' (IM), hiding in a flat in the Batla House area of Jamia Nagar, Okhla, on 19 September 2008. The operation resulted in the deaths of two terrorists and one police officer, Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, with the remaining terrorists arrested. On 15 March 2021, one of the arrested Ariz Khan alias Junaid, was sentenced to death for the murder of Inspector Sharma. Quotes about I remember one morning during breakfast, I saw Salman Khurshid crying on the TV. He was coming out of Sonia Gandhi's residence... He said that Sonia Gandhi was sobbing at the Batla House incident. She should have cried for Shaheed Mohan Sharma instead of the terrorists of the Batla house... Amit Shah. ‘Sonia Gandhi was sobbing at Batla House incident’: Amit Shah’s scathing attack on Congress from Lok Sabha Published on: Jul 29, 2025 The fight against terrorism is a continuous process and the threat of extremism should be seen lightly. The human rights activists who criticize the actions of security agencies have, may be unwittingly, added to the confusion and the cause of anti-national elements from time to time. -Moloy Krishna Dhar, former Joint Director, IB Frontline; October 11-24, 2008 quoted in : TERRORISM AND THE INDIAN MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE APPROACH OF ENGLISH, HINDI AND URDU NEWSPAPERS TOWARDS TERRORISM by Prof Rakesh Sinha Doubting Thomases who perennially question established facts and events on mere suspicion, without a tinge of contrary evidence betray irrationality. Soli Sorabjee in „Encountering Conspiracy Theories‟ The Indian Express; September 28, 2008 quoted in : TERRORISM AND THE INDIAN MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE APPROACH OF ENGLISH, HINDI AND URDU NEWSPAPERS TOWARDS TERRORISM by Prof Rakesh Sinha The Policeman was killed and to say he was shot by his own kind, I think is a travesty. Whether it is Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore or Mumbai, the chain that it (the probe) has produced has frightened us. M.K. Narayanan, National Security Advisor (Travesty to call Jamia Encounter fake: NSA) The Statesman October 12, 2008 quoted in : TERRORISM AND THE INDIAN MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE APPROACH OF ENGLISH, HINDI AND URDU NEWSPAPERS TOWARDS TERRORISM by Prof Rakesh Sinha So you say that policemen went there to shoot themselves? Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam (The Times of India; December 9, 2008) TERRORISM AND THE INDIAN MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE APPROACH OF ENGLISH, HINDI AND URDU NEWSPAPERS TOWARDS TERRORISM by Prof Rakesh Sinha People of Azamgarh deeply mourn the death of its two youths and regret the saffron mindset attempt to brand their town as the cradle of terror. People are aggrieved the way this is being followed as a part of a conspiracy. Azamgarh Ki ulema express (The Ulema Express of Azamgarh), Editorial, Roznama Rashtriya Sahara, February 2, 2009 quoted in : TERRORISM AND THE INDIAN MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE APPROACH OF ENGLISH, HINDI AND URDU NEWSPAPERS TOWARDS TERRORISM by Prof Rakesh Sinha External links Category:Indian case law Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in the 2000s Category:2000s in Delhi