Who is killing India's nuclear scientists?

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Who is killing India's nuclear scientists? - Rediff.com India News

Based on the data compiled under the Right To Information Act by activist Chetan Kothari, about the deaths of various personnel working for India's nuclear establishment, over a four year period between 2010 and 2014, Kothari through his advocate Ashish Mehta has claimed in a Public Interest Litigation that 'Over the last few years, a number of India's nuclear scientists have been dying under mysterious circumstances and the police are classifying them either as 'unexplained' or suicides.'

The PIL -- a copy of which is available with Rediff.com -- appeals to the Bombay high court to constitute a Special Investigating Team to probe these deaths and find out if India's premier nuclear establishments have been following protocols and standard operating procedures when it comes to the safety of their employees.

"The data compiled by my client using the RTI Act clearly shows that the reasons for many deaths cited by the various respondents have been categorised as 'unexplained'. The number of deaths are not only shocking but there is lot of mystery surrounding these deaths," says Ashish Mehta, the advocate for the petitioner.

"The PIL appeals to the honourable high court to constitute a SIT, under the court's supervision, comprising of competent, high-ranking and experienced scientists and investigators so that the nation comes to know about the causes of these mysterious deaths," Mehta told Rediff.com

Citing a number of deaths of key nuclear engineers and scientists, the PIL states that the government and the defendants have not taken these deaths -- often under mysterious circumstances -- seriously and made no efforts to find out the truth behind them.

'It is very pertinent to note that there are parallels here with the numerous attacks on the Iranian nuclear scientist community', the petition notes, but 'the same cannot be said for the Indian government, as the Indian government is not making any noise about the whole thing.'

'Once the "unexplained" rubber stamp has been approved, government bodies don't tend to task the authorities with investigating further', the petition states.

Buttressing its claims the petition cites, among others, the mysterious deaths of two high-ranking engineers who worked on India's first nuclear-powered submarine, the INS Arihant, seen in image above.

The petition states:

'Recently, two high-ranking engineers -- K K Josh and Abhish Shivam -- on India's first nuclear-powered submarine were found on the railway tracks by workers. They were not hit by any train, but yet were dead. Reports claimed they were poisoned elsewhere before being placed on the tracks to make the deaths look accidental or suicide.'

'They were pulled from the line before a train could crush them, but were already dead. No marks were found on the bodies, so it was clear they hadn't been hit by a moving train, and reports allege they were poisoned elsewhere before being placed on the tracks to make the deaths look either accidental or like a suicide.'

'The media and the ministry of defence, however, have described the incident as a routine accident and didn't investigate any further. This far, there have been no reports of the police having identified any of the perpetrators of the murders of personnel whose brainpower has been crucial to the success of several key programmes.'

'In any other country, the murder of two Engineers connected to a crucial strategic programme would have created a media storm. But it's rather shocking why such a thing is not happening here. However, the deaths of the two were passed off both by the media as well as by the ministry of defence as a routine accident, with only the ordinary police officer tasked with investigations into the cause of death. The inquiries went nowhere.'

'When nuclear scientist Lokanathan Mahalingam's body turned up in June of 2009, it was palmed off as a suicide and largely ignored by the Indian media.'

'In April of 2011, when the body of former scientist Uma Rao was found, investigators ruled the death as suicide, but family members contested the verdict, saying there had been no signs that Rao was suicidal.'

'If the deaths of those in the community aren't classed as suicide, they're generally labeled as "unexplained." A good example is the case of M Iyer, who was found with internal haemorrhaging to his skull -- possibly the result of a "kinky experiment," according to a police officer.'

'After a preliminary look-in, the police couldn't work out how Iyer had suffered internal injuries while not displaying any cuts or bruises, and investigations fizzled out.'

'On 23 February 2010, M Iyer, an engineer at BARC, was found dead in his residence. However, as is usual in such cases, no arrests were made and the investigation ran into a stonewall.'

'Forensics experts say that in all such unexplained deaths of scientists and engineers involved in the nuclear programme, fingerprints are absent, as also other telltale clues that would assist the police in identifying the culprit.'

'These indicate a high degree of professionalism behind the murders, such as can be found in top-flight intelligence agencies of the type that have been so successful in killing Iranian scientists and engineers active in that country's nuclear programme.'

'The killer had used a duplicate key to enter the house and strangle the engineer in his sleep. Interestingly, efforts were made by some of the investigating police officers to pass the death off as a suicide. Finally, the Mumbai police decided to register a case of murder.'

'According to the Government of India, over just a three-year period, there have been at least nine unnatural deaths of scientists and engineers at just BARC as well as the Kaiga nuclear facility, of which two have been categorised as suicide, with the rest unexplained in terms of bringing to book those responsible.'

The petitioner expressed shock at the government's indifference to such valuable assets.

The petition states:

'The most pressing issue isn't who might be behind the murders, but that the Indian government's apathy is potentially putting their high-value staff at even greater risk. Currently, these scientists, who are crucial to the development of India's nuclear programmes, whether for energy or security, have "absolutely no protection at all, which is quite amusing for people who are in such a sensitive programme.'

"All these deaths under mysterious circumstances clearly indicate a conspiracy by foreign hands who want to create impediments in India's nuclear programme and weaken India's security," says Kothari about what prompted him to file a PIL of this nature.

"The government has so far never instituted a fact-finding mission to ascertain this, turning a blind eye to this disturbing chain of events," adds Kothari.

Pressing for the constitution of an SIT, the PIL says, 'The Government of India is certainly not taking this matter seriously, and that is both saddening and deeply disturbing from a national security perspective. As the new government is in place, it is important that this neglected issue is directed by this honourable court to be looked into very seriously by the Respondents and remedial steps must be taken forthwith'

The petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.
 

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old news the new govt is already taking care of it .
As far as who is killing take your pick Chinese intelligence , CIA , Pakis or Independent intelligence contractors working for derailing our strategic nuclear imperatives .
Frankly i think independent intelligence contractors funded either by Chinese or some middle eastern sheiks of Saudi or Qatari for Pakistanis .
 

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Why cant these people be housed in proper gated communities?
 

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Could it be IB or R&AW eliminating moles in the organization?
I had presented similar theory in another thread. I have a belief that most of those who died or will die in near future in mysterious circumstances were part of a racket. Seems like a deal went wrong and the Indian Intel got the smell of something rotten deep within. Most probably CIA moles?
 

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Any pics of people murdered or it jus to create rumor of disappearance so that they wont be in lamp light of any other wicked people !
 

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Seeing a weired no of scientists either missing/dead from 2020

1. this is the first one i noticed

Karnataka: BARC scientist goes missing from Mysuru

MYSURU: A 24-year-old scientist working in the Rare Materials Project at the Bhabha Atomic Research Institute near Mysuru has gone missing for the last four days, the police said.

Assistant Scientific Officer Gulla Abhisheka Reddy, 24, was a resident of Cauvery Layout (New Janata Colony) at Yelawala in Mysuru.
Reddy had moved to Mysuru from Chitturu district in Andhra Pradesh a year ago after he secured a job at BARC, 15 km from Mysuru.

The police suspect that since he was allegedly suffering from depression and migraine, he left without informing anyone.
Yelawala inspector NH Yogananda told IANS that Reddy was staying alone after his parents' death a couple of months ago.
His neighbour last saw Reddy leaving his house on a two-wheeler on October 6 afternoon.
The Yelawala police has registered a case.
 
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2.
Charred body of Kalpakkam scientist found

CHENNAI: Police found the charred body of a 26-year-old scientist of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Centre in Kalpakkam on Tuesday evening, two days after he went missing, from the Palar river bed in Vayalur.

Police who identified the deceased as P Sathya Sairam of Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district suspect it to be a case of suicide. The spot where the body was found is 8km from his hostel and 1km from where his bicycle was found. Police said CCTV camera footage showed him buying petrol at an outlet on ECR at 4.15am on Sunday.
Police said Sairam, a category I trainee scientist at IGCAR, Kalpakkam, moved into a hostel at the Pudupatnam township in February 2020 and was in room 88.

Police said Sairam, who went out for cycling at 5am and return at 6am daily, on Sunday set out earlier than usual but did not return. Some of his colleagues went in search but couldn’t spot. His phone remained switched off. His friend Siva Krishnan informed his father Pasumarthy Nageswar Rao who arrived and filed a police complaint on Monday evening.
Police said Sairam’s betrothal was scheduled for June 27.
“We are awaiting the postmortem report,” said an officer.
 

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3. this u see is mostly likely a murder

Kalpakkam scientist dies in a road accident


A 55-year-old scientist at the Kalpakkam Nuclear power plant died in a road accident on Thursday morning.

The deceased, S Ramesh of Kalpakkam, was a scientist at the Kalpakkam Nuclear power plant. On Thursday, around 7 am Ramesh on his two-wheeler was about to visit a temple in Thirukalukundram and when he was on the Sadras-Thirukalukundram road, a car which came in the opposite direction rammed into Ramesh's scooter and Ramesh was thrown off and suffered severe injuries.

Onlookers rushed Ramesh to the hospital in Kalpakkam and he was admitted to ICU. However, around 10.30 am Ramesh died without responding to treatment. The Sadras police who registered a case sent the body for post-mortem to the Chengalpattu GH and the police seized the car and the search is on to nab the driver who is missing.
 

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4. Just 2 days before I-Day


Gopinath (28) is the son of Venu, a fisherman from Pudupatnam next to Kalpakkam, Chengalpattu district. Four years ago, he joined FRFCF, a division of the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant, and was currently working as a scientific assistant.

Nuclear Power Plant Worker:

He was living with his parents as he was given a house in the staff quarters of the nuclear power plant. His parents had gone to his relative's house in Chennai to fix the date and place the invitations for the engagement of Gopinath and a girl from Mamallapuram.

Suicide by hanging


In this case, yesterday he came to sleep alone after watching the night scene of Jailer starring Rajinikanth. When the morning dawned, father Venu contacted him through his cell phone. As he did not pick up his cell phone after a long time, he became suspicious and called his relatives in his Pudupattinam Meenavar area and asked them to go there and check.

His relatives went and knocked on the door and did not open the door for a long time. When they broke the door and went inside, they were shocked to see Gopinath hanging from the fan with a sari and informed Ven. Later they informed the Kalpakkam police. The police reached the spot and seized Gopinath's body and sent it to Chengalpattu Hospital for post-mortem.

The letter seized by the police

Following this, the police who searched the house took Gopinath's handwritten letter and read it. In it, to his betrothed girl, forgive me and I will leave you. Don't you worry about me, don't wander because money is money, money alone is not life, there are many happiness beyond money. It was written that, after his death, hand over the entire settlement money given by the central government to his mother, no one is responsible for my death, everyone be happy, there is no one great person on this earth, I am saying goodbye to everyone, a soul named Gopinath who has no choice. The police who seized the letter have registered a case and are investigating. This incident has caused great sadness among the people of the area.
 

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5. Seems to be a geniune accident?? right on I-Day

Chennai: Class IV student returning home after I-day celebration in Kalpakkam school run over by bus


The boy has been identified as Shravan. His mother works as a scientist at the Kalpakkam Atomic Power plant.

He was studying class IV at Atomic Energy Central School in Kalpakkam. He went to school to participate in the independence day celebrations early in the morning. The boy was returning home after the flag hoisting ceremony on a bicycle when he was knocked down and killed by a state transport corporation bus proceeding to Kalpakkam from Chennai. The boy died on the spot.
 

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damn, seems like there are more news from 2015-2019. i'll try to post thr links.

if at all, some one has leads to these news, pls share
 

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