Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has invoked sharp criticism from various quarters on Twitter after he suggested that hanged Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon’s relatives and close friends could also be terrorists.
Intelligence shd keep a tab on all (expt relatives & close friends) who assembled bfr Yakub Memon’s corpse. Many are potential terrorists
– Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) July 31, 2015
Governors ought to be concerned abt security of state. Intelligence keeping tab on Yakub’s mourners is preventing terror. Better than cure
– Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) July 31, 2015
Yakub was hanged just before 7 am on Thursday at Nagpur Central Jail after an unprecedented pre-dawn session of the Supreme Court was called to take up his final appeal. Yakub’s body was then taken to Mumbai, where he was buried next to his father. A large crowd had gathered when Yakub’s body reached his home in Mahim.
Governor Roy’s tweets have invited sharp reactions.
@tathagata2 u should resign for this comment..
– imran khan (@aman4uall) July 31, 2015
@tathagata2 shame on you Mr governor ! u betrayed constitutional values by this single tweet
– omesh meena (@meomiitd) July 31, 2015
However, in response, Roy said it was his duty as a Governor to be concerned about security.
When I suggested ‘intelligence keeping a tab’,I mentiond NO COMMUNITY. So how come I’m accused of being ‘communal bigot’? Guilty conscience?
— Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) July 31, 2015
Roy was appointed Governor of Tripura in May. He was earlier BJP chief in West Bengal.
