New Delhi, December 28: With his reported remarks that Mumbai police officer Hemant Karkare was a God for Muslims kicking up a fresh row, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today sought to play them down saying he had only said that minority community members felt they got a “messenger of God” in the police officer.
Congress steered clear of the reported remarks by Singh.
“In no religion, you can equate human being with God. He (Singh) might have used it as a proverb”, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed told reporters here.
“I have said that when Hemant Karakre arrested the people (affilliated to some Hindu organizations) involved in Malegaon blasts, Muslims got a relief. They felt that at least this honest police officer wiped off the blot from the community at a time when only Muslims were being caught in terror cases.
–Agencies