Lethargic agencies

: • Are our security agencies equal to the task of fighting this new scourge of frequent serial bomb blasts by the outfit that calls itself “Indian Mujahideen” ‘Again, in capital’ ? Their archaic investigative methods, primarily based on arresting suspects without evidence, and then interrogation using strong-arm techniques — and in some cases through their new fad, narco-analysis — seem to be leading them only to small fry here and there while the real masterminds continue to remain free and capable of planning and executing fresh Terror attacks at will and with impunity. The level of die-hard commitment and daring that this terrorist group has shown is truly scary, especially because our security agencies have continued to remain in a “reactive mould” even now, when the need of the hour is for them to develop fool-proof investigating networks in a professional manner. Instead of re-introducing laws such as the much abused and discredited POTA, what we truly need is to revamp, rejuvenate and convert our security agencies at the Centre and the police at the state level into truly competent forces. Offering them draconian laws will mean that the incompetent, lethargic, and politically partisan amongst them can immediately start misusing such laws by arresting scores that are either innocent or are political dissenters against their own political masters.

— Shahabuddin Nadeem

Bangalore

BAD job

• After Bangalore and Ahmedabad, it was Delhi constituting operation BAD. The recurring terrorist strikes all over the country have demonstrated beyond any doubt that equally (if not more) BAD is the performance of our security agencies. A logical question is that if our investigative agencies are on the right track, why is there such an augmentation in the terror strikes? And if they are on the wrong track what steps are being taken after this blast to punish the actual, and not the perceived, perpetrators?

— Khan Yasir

New Delhi

Centre’s egotism

• Your editorial ‘What’s changed?’ has correctly summed up the home ministry’s practice of putting old wine in a new bottle when it promises action against terror outfits. Another display of the Centre’s egotism on terrorism is that, despite having received a tip off from the ultras nabbed by the Gujarat police that Delhi would be the next potential target, no red alert was sounded by the Delhi administration.

— Deepak Chikramane

Mumbai

General’s watching

• I refer to your very important editorial ‘Line of no...

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