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Chapters (65)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Authors’ Note
  5. 1. ‘IF ANYONE MOVES, FIRE MAARO’
  6. 2. DAWN ABDUCTION
  7. 3. WAITING GAME
  8. 4. ‘BREAKING’ SALIM
  9. 5. THE CONFESSION
  10. 6. AN ENCOUNTER
  11. 7. ‘LEADER IS IN INDIA ALREADY’
  12. 8. BABAJI’S MAN WITH NO EXIT PLAN
  13. 9. ‘MAN OF RESPECT’ IN HYDERABAD
  14. 10. TRACKING SALIM
  15. 11. HOLDING BACK
  16. 12. WHAT IS SALIM HIDING?
  17. 13. POULTRY FARM YIELDS 143 CHICKENS, 380 EGGS, 2 PAKISTANI ‘GUESTS’
  18. 14. A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH
  19. 15. OPERATION TROJAN HORSE
  20. 16. THE YOUNG DRONE-MAKER
  21. 17. AN AMBUSH
  22. 18. MURDER AND RETRIBUTION
  23. 19. NEW RECRUITS
  24. 20. BUNGALOW NUMBER 105
  25. 21. A STEP INTO THE PAST
  26. 22. TRAINING
  27. 23. GIVING INDIA A ‘THOUSAND CUTS’
  28. 24. THE GAME BEGINS
  29. 25. SHOOT TO KILL
  30. 26. KRAV MAGA, KALI AND TRACKING SKILLS
  31. 27. THE MIND OF NAWAZ
  32. 28. KEY CONCEPTS
  33. 29. THE SACRIFICE
  34. 30. ‘ONCE IS A COINCIDENCE, TWICE IS ENEMY ACTION’
  35. 31. FIRST CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY
  36. 32. BREAKTHROUGH IN KISHANGANJ
  37. 33. ROAD TO THAMEL
  38. 34. THE EAGLES ARE FLYING
  39. 35. KARACHI APPOINTMENT WITH LeT BOSSES
  40. 36. DAWN AT BAYT AL-MUJAHIDEEN
  41. 37. RPGs AND DUCKING LIVE BULLETS
  42. 38. SAFFRON MILK AND A GAME OF CHESS
  43. 39. RETURN TO INDIA
  44. 40. THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT
  45. 41. LOOKING FOR ATIF
  46. 42. TERROR ON A PLATE
  47. 43. MURDER IN THE DARK
  48. 44. RING THE BELLS
  49. 45. THE TOAST OF LeT
  50. 46. BACK TO THE DEN
  51. 47. ‘YOU COULD KILL JUST TWO, BABAR?’
  52. 48. FIRST TARGET
  53. 49. DEHRADUN
  54. 50. TIME FOR REVENGE
  55. 51. TERROR AT BVP HEADQUARTERS
  56. 52. KARACHI IN MOURNING
  57. 53. GUNNING FOR THE CM
  58. 54. A SUMMONS TO KARACHI
  59. 55. A SERIES OF BOMBINGS
  60. 56. BREACHING THE BASTION
  61. 57. THE LAST HURRAH
  62. 58. ATTACKING THE CRPF CITADEL
  63. 59. A PROMOTION
  64. 60. THE NIGHT OF 26/11
  65. About the Authors

‘Ahaana seems to want to say so much to me when I see her. But I can’t meet her unblinking gaze. I can’t bring her Papa back. In moments like these, you realize how small and powerless we are in the face of matters of life and death.

‘She may no longer be able to speak, but I know what she wants to tell me. Ahaana wants me to go after those who took her Papa away. Ahaana and the loved ones of all those who died or were injured in the March 1993 blasts, orchestrated by Dawood and his friends in the ISI, want revenge.’

Somaiya paused and looked at each of the boys in turn. ‘Somebody needs to avenge Rana’s death for Ahaana… ’

Sahil glowered at Somaiya and attempted to say something but his words were inaudible. No one else uttered a word.

23. GIVING INDIA A ‘THOUSAND CUTS’

23

GIVING INDIA A ‘THOUSAND CUTS’

The next class picked up from where the last one had ended – the 1993 Bombay serial blasts. It all began with Atharv asking Somaiya for some ‘inside story’ related to the blasts’ conspiracy and their alleged orchestrators, Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and their ISI handlers. Somaiya said the blasts were the biggest acts of terror in India till 1993 and were the result of the ISI deciding to use mafia operatives to damage India.

‘In early December 1992, trouble was brewing over the issue of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. The mosque had been built, according to some historians, after demolishing a Ram temple that had stood on the same spot and where, legend says, Lord Ram was born. A section of right-wing leaders had been calling for the destruction of the mosque and the building of a temple dedicated to Lord Ram. After months of mobilization of popular support and resources, matters came to a head and got out of hand, and the Babri Masjid was destroyed by kar sevaks. The law of the land was violated,’ Somaiya began the day’s lecture.

‘For Pakistan, the demolition of the mosque was a golden opportunity to inflame, radicalize, recruit and train young Indian men for terror attacks in the name of revenge. For some time, the Pakistani terror machinery had been baying for new frontiers in the proxy war it was waging against India, especially as their efforts to create a movement for a separate Sikh state, Khalistan, were not meeting with the desired success.