Hindu Terror by RVS Mani

Author:RVS Mani [Mani, RVS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789386473271
Publisher: Vitasta Publishing Privated Limited
Published: 2018-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

Ministers, some mandarins and the MHA

THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATION Agency Act and Unlawful Activities (prevention) Amendment Act were notified on 1.1.2009, meeting the timeline set by Minister Chidambaram. We were all so engrossed in the work on the new initiatives, little did we realise that we had not been following up on the status of investigation of 26/11 or for that matter, any other case.

Meanwhile, reports received from various agencies, including the Mumbai Police and ATS (whatever was left of it), were put together and perused. The first time any written document was received in the Ministry of Home Affairs stating that Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of Mumbai attack of 26/11, was a Pakistani was on 7 January 2009. Prior to this, the information had all been in the newspapers and television. The reason why I am recalling this information is because this is connected to the attack on me personally just before the New Year.

The new Home Minister had also convened a Chief Minister’s Conference on Internal Security on 6.1.2009 to disseminate to the States the initiatives being taken by the Government of India in the aftermath of 26/11. Generally, a Chief Minister’s Conference on Internal Security is handled by the Internal Security Division of the MHA. But this time, this conference was assigned to the Central State Division. I was sent to Karnataka on some official duty and do not have any insights into the deliberations in the meeting, except that the Prime Minister attended the CMs’ meet.

Chidambaram’s infrastructural initiatives were assigned to different programme Divisions in the MHA—like Coastal policing to Border Management (Coastal Security) Division, Desert and Mega City policing to be handled by the Police Modernisation Division etc.

A great deal of hype was created both within the government and outside, as if the government had launched a direct attack against terrorism. Those reading the finer print, however, knew there was more noise than action. Central intentions did not match State government abilities, Central allocations did not sync with State efforts. Take one small initiative. Boats were provided for patrolling the coast to State governments without they providing the personnel to man these vessels; no specialised training on monitoring the seas was ever envisaged. It was the same with other hyped schemes like the Mega City policing or Desert policing plans.

The much-touted CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System) suffered an inherent implementation design defect, a faulty milestones scheduling. Every agency breached the target date. Yet, I am sure, today it must be a much better system than the ICPA (Integrated Common Police Application), an archaic one which it replaced.

In 2009, even the engagement of Public Prosecutor became a matter of endless discussion and dissent. Many of the IS Division officers had suggested the name of the renowned Mumbai-based criminal lawyer Deepak Salvi, who had been the Public Prosecutor in the 1993 Mumbai blast case. In September 2017, his contribution to justice10 in the 1993 case trial was well acknowledged and placed on record by the judicial officer.

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