Hyderabad
Blasts: Malegaon
Syndrome Travels South
By Mubasshir Ahmed
23 May, 2007
Countercurrents.org
It
was a blast from the recent past. The past was replicated with pure
precision and exemplary execution. Past-precision is a lesson for those
who are in the security business. It demands the attentive attention
of capricious crooks (read not so-intelligent intelligence-wallas) to
study the intricacies of the operation. Venerable vigilantes are taught
not to allow history to repeat itself.
Sadly, history was (deliberately?)
allowed to repeat itself in Hyderabad.
Malegaon syndrome travelled
to South for the very first time.
RAW (Research Analysis Wing)
proved to be really raw. Our 'expert' interceptors (now singing Aladdin's
magic phrase ' Khul Ja SIM SIM'), did not behave like seasoned seismologists
in predicting the unpredictable, so the doctrine of pre-emptive strikes
(elimination by encounters) was not employed this time!
ATS (Anti-Terrorist Squad)
was too busy proving in Supreme Court that it does not stand for Acquired
Teasing Syndrome for the Muslim community!
So we were left with only
R.K. Laxman's common man to protect us!
Security agencies that have
just come out of their hibernation mode are sniffing out the same old
and 'standard pattern' once again. Our always hyper National Security
Advisor (who recently panicked that terrorists are investing heavily
in the stock markets without any substantiation) must introduce a new
and broad pattern of investigation instead of selective intimidation.
The theorists of the old
and standard pattern suggest that whatever happens in India (Prime Minister's
sneeze included!) is the ultimate outcome of the designs made on the
other side of the border. And designs are implemented by the educated
Muslim youths of the country. Isn't it a unique case of remote-control
governance? What more, deadly designs direct these youths to kill their
co-religionists in mosques!
Believers are being killed
by the believers. So is it safe to assume that the devotees at Akshardam
temple were gunned down by their co-religionists? Or should we conclude
that the 7/11 train blasts were the handiwork of Hindus? What would
be the reaction of the Hindu mass, if we extend believers versus believers
theory in the Varanasi temple blast?
Investigators who are relying
heavily on SIM card registration must know that today's hi-tech terrorists
are smart enough not to leave any thick trail of evidence. And fabricating
documents is not a big deal these days as has been shown by many investigative
reports by various newspapers. So why would terrorists register SIM
cards in their real names? Therefore, SIM card registration in a Muslim
name may be an attempt to disguise the investigators.
Time is ripe for India to
come out of its conditioned mentality. Investigators must break their
mental blocks. Indian law enforcement agencies suffer from the fatal
disease of prejudice. India is once again going through the 'siege within'
phase. Today's India is reminiscent of the 1980s when it was being torn
apart by sectarian violence. ULFA and Maoists are threatening the entire
North-East. Naxalite movement and Peoples' War Group (PWG) have become
a household name in South India. The North-West shudders at the mention
of police encounters. In the North, Kashmir narrates an all together
different story.
So, internal vigilance is
more important than the external outlook. India's lop-sided policy is
obsessed with the external element only. As M.J. Akbar wrote, "Vigilance
needs three eyes, only one of which looks across the border. Two must
look within."
The writer is a freelance journalist. He may be reached at [email protected]
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