(Source: The Times of India)
BANGALORE: Terrorist activities in the country and acute shortage of security personnel in government services hogged the limelight during the third national conference of the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) and Association of Private Detectives and Investigators (APDI).
Former Karnataka DG&IGP B S Sial made no bones in pointing out that both the political administration and security forces were soft- pedaling terror-related issues. "While terrorists are striking at will, we are still in the discussion stage," he lamented.
That Bangalore is sitting on a terrorist volcano is nothing new. Investigation into the IISc attack revealed that the terror network had spread all over the state and was not restricted to just one or two districts. Incidents of terrorists, who are getting amnesty after being sentenced to death by courts, are sending wrong signals that they can get away with anything, he rued.
Holding Pakistan and Bangladesh responsible for training SIMI and other terrorist groups in India, Sial said there was a paradigm shift in the strategy adopted by these countries. Unlike earlier, where terrorists from those countries infiltrated into India , the two countries are picking up educated people from India and training them. Money was not the criteria, only religious fundamentalism is. "All Muslims are not jehadis, but all the jehadis are Muslims ," he pointed out.
Terming the serial blasts as aberrations, Lt Gen Rajender Singh, director general of infantry, said that India was still in an advantageous position as far as security was concerned.
Compared to many countries, India has a sound foundation. The serial bomb blasts have to be given importance, but India can withstand such threats, he added.
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