‘Take back my statement': Sadhvi Pragya apologises for Karkare remark
Bhopal, Apr 19: Bharatiya Janata Party (JP) leader Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday said that she is "taking back her words" after a massive backlash over her comments boasting about her "curse" on 26/11 hero Hemant Karkare.
In a statement, she said, "I felt that the enemies of the country were being benefited from it, therefore I take back my statement and apologise for it, it was my personal pain."
"He (Hemant Karkare) died from the bullets of terrorists from the enemy country, he is certainly a martyr," she said.
Sadhvi
Pragya
had
created
a
political
furore
with
her
remarks
on
Karkare
saying
that
she
had
cursed
him
just
a
month
before
his
death
in
the
26/11
Mumbai
attack.
Karkare
died
in
the
gunfight
with
Pakistani
terrorists
during
the
26/11
Mumbai
attacks.
'Show respect': Rahul slams Sadhvi Pragya remark on Hemant Karkare
Pragya Thakur was arrested by Hemant Karkare with six other accused in connection with Malegaon blast case in which six people were killed and over 100 injured.