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Encounter Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, who was a member of the elite special cell of the Delhi Police succumbed to his injuries in the Holy Family Hospital  on Friday evening. He had got injured while leading a police party which had raided a four storied building in Jamia Nagar in Delhi where some suspected terrorists were hiding. In the encounter two Delhi serial bomb blasts suspects had been killed, one had been arrested while two of their accomplices had escaped unhurt. In the encounter Inspector M C Sharma along with a cop had got injured.

Career Inspector M C Sharma was one of the most expert Delhi Police officer of anti-terrorist operations. He had won seven Gallantry awards including the President’s gallantry award. Except it he had also won 150 police rewards. As a member of Special Cell of the Delhi Police he had played a key role in killing of 35 dreaded  terrorists and arrest of 85 militants. He was an expert in technical and surveillance activities. After  ACP Rajbir Singh, he was Delhi Police’s top terror fighter. ACP Rajbir Singh had been murdered a few months back. After Rajbir’s death some people had said that Delhi police’s special cell will not be able to work properly but Sharma had proved all the critics wrong. He had strengthened the intelligence by developing a vast network of informers during his police career. He had played an important role in cases related to Parliament attack, Red Fort shootout and Diwali serial blasts. Jamia Nagar is the same place where he had killed a dreaded terrorist Abu Shamal,wanted in the Red Fort Attack, in a an encounter in December 2000.

Firing His son had been admitted in a hospital because of dengue and he had directly went to the Jamia Nagar  from the hospital to lead the raid. He was not fully prepared for the raid as he was not wearing a bullet proof jacket when the encounter broke out. He was the first to enter the room where the suspected militants were hiding. He was caught unaware when one of the hiding militant fired at him. In the firing he along with head constable Balwant Singh got injured. They were taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Meanwhile Head Constable Balwant Singh is stated to be out of danger.

Tendulkar Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has expressed his views that cricket rivalry between India and Australia is bigger than the traditional rivalry between India and Pakistan. Australia is the number one cricket team of the world and India has over the last eight years always challenged its supremacy. It is because of the competitiveness shown by both the teams that people prefer to watch Indo-Australia cricket matches as compared to India-Pakistan matches. All the series played between India and Australia in last eight years have been fought very closely.

Competition It is only the Indian team that has defeated the Australian team in their home country. It is only the Indian team that has challenged the Australian supremacy and have defeated them many times in their home country. Commenting on Symonds’ absence in the Australian team in the forthcoming series, Tendulkar said that such things have happened in the past and will not affect the results of the matches much. It must be noted that Symonds is an integral part of the Australian team and has won many matches for his side. Spat between Harbhajan Singh and Symonds had grabbed the headlines of most of the International news papers during the last test series played  between both of the countries in Australia. Symonds has not been selected for the Australian team for the forthcoming series on disciplinary grounds.

Rashid Latif Same views have been expressed by former Pakistani captain Rashid Latif. He has supported Tendulkar’s views and has said that Pakistan’s deteriorating bowling attack is also responsible for the situation. Because of it India has always dominated during the last some series played between his country and India. In fact most of the matches were one sided. He has even said that some top Indian players don’t enjoy the competition because of lack of competitiveness. While Australians have the world class bowlers and India’s world class batsmen enjoy the competition with them. But he has said Indians will surely benefit from the absence of Andrew Symonds because he has played some of his best innings against India.