Hafiz Saeed, who made headlines after interviewing him, breathed his last at the age of 78
New Delhi, March 14:
Ved Pratap Vedak, a well-known senior Hindi journalist who made headlines after an interview with Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan, passed away today. His PA Mohan said that he slipped in the bathroom at around 9 am today, soon after which he was taken to a hospital near the house where doctors declared him brought dead.
According to reports, Ved Pratap Vedak breathed his last at the age of 78. The last time he hit the headlines was when he interviewed Mumbai attacks mastermind and terrorist Hafiz Saeed. His interview was well received.
Senior journalist Ved Pratap Vedak was born on 30 December 1944 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He did his PhD in International Politics from JNU and taught Political Science in Delhi for four years. Apart from political science, he was also very interested in philosophy.
According to the report, after interviewing Hafiz Saeed from Pakistan, when he returned home, there was an uproar in the entire country. This interview of his was called treason to the country. Two members of parliament demanded that he be arrested for treason. Ved Pratap Vedak made a controversial comment on this, which also caused a lot of uproar. Vedak commented on it and said that not only two parliamentarians, but the entire 543 parliamentarians passed the resolution unanimously. Should be hanged, I spit on such a Parliament!
It should be noted that Ved Pratap Vedic articles and articles were regularly published in Urdu newspapers besides Hindi and English, and the number of Urdu readers were also included among their readers.