Mumbai: Four months after the involvement of
American terror suspect David Headley in 26/11 attacks came to
light, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul Bhatt is still to
come to terms with the "betrayal of faith" by the US national
whom he now calls a "terror jackal" and an "absolute monster".
"This incident has shaken me terribly. I have lost faith
in everyone. I don't even trust my girlfriend now. I have
started suspecting people in my family. I can't trust anymore.
I have become like a typical policeman who looks at everyone
with suspicion...Its paranoia," says 28-year-old Bhatt.
Bhatt, who is a nutritionist and a fitness professional,
said the Headley incident has made him "xenophobic" and he has
lost faith in all human relationships. Whatever has happened
of late has also made him "wiser", he said.
"I have become a xenophobic... I have stopped trusting
people and I am extremely suspicious of foreigners ...It is
xenophobia that I have developed. So now, my guard is up and I
am in a constant state of awareness and alertness because of
the bizarre incident," said Bhatt who was questioned by
security agencies after it emerged that Headley had known him
during his stay in Mumbai.
To a question about his association with Headley, a
sudden agitation is quite evident in Bhatt's voice. "Did I
know Headley? The answer is a yes and a no. The David Headley
that I knew then was a different man and the David who has now
emerged now is a different man...The absolute monster."
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 17:50