Internal Security Watch

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 04 Apr 2010 12:25

from twitter:
http://twitter.com/praveenswami

Jamaat-e-Islami may move court against Praveen Swami | http://bit.ly/9G5soQ

arun · Post by **arun** » 04 Apr 2010 12:28

Gerard wrote:Dalit icons now get special security
To be named as Special Zone Protection Force (SZPF), the proposal envisages the constitution of a battalion, comprising about 1200 security personnel, headed by an ex-army officer of the rank of a Colonel.

I wandered by to this thread with the express intention of posting the same story, albeit a different version.

Great minds ……………..

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 06 Apr 2010 08:38

Lessons from 26/11
This is a book review of the book, "MUMBAI SIEGE: Edited by P. C. Dogra" by the ex-CBI chief R.K.Raghavan. The book is a collection of of talks delivered at a seminar held in Chandigarh within days of the Mumbai horror. Obviously, much more is known today than in the few days after 26/11. However, I want to highlight the hollow and muddled thinking of the reviewer. I quote from his review below.

The attack on Mumbai demonstrated that we as a nation are inept when it comes to rapid response to terrorism.{What he means by 'rapid response' will be clear in the next paragraph} And this, nearly a decade after 9/11, which had been studied extensively over the years by experts the world over and relevant lessons learnt.

Precious young police lives were lost, all because they did not wear quality bullet-proof clothing. Also, the head of the city police, by all accounts, just stuck to a corner and did not move around to take charge of an evolving crisis. The fire engines were not allowed to approach the Taj Hotel in flames and the NSG commandos could not reach the city until hours after the attack because they were positioned a thousand miles away. And the terrorists holed up in the hotel continued with their defiant presence and held sway for an unbelievably long time, until all but one were killed.

One of the suggestions was that India should take the war right into Pakistan. If it means that India should use drones the way U.S does, it is dangerous, {R.K. Raghavan is expected to know better than this. 'Taking war into the enemy lands' does not necessarily mean only drones. IMHO, it is people like R.K.Raghavan who are mortally afraid of any counter move by India. These people have caused immense harm to India and Indians. Instead of simply shooting down any and every thought, people like R.K.Raghavan must offer an alternative that can then be debated.} and has far-reaching implications. The U.S. can get away with such a strategy, but not India, because of the immense harm it would cause to innocent civilian population and the risk of retaliation from an unscrupulous enemy and also of alienating international opinion.

Some others were bitter that India, despite all the evidence of chicanery on the part of Pakistan, continued to engage the latter in negotiations. This criticism, again, is open to question because these are days of transparency, and international reputations are built on a nation's willingness to talk even with adversaries and explore ways of preserving peace.{This is certainly a dhimmi mindset that is offering a weak excuse for inaction. What an unfortunate thing that this gentleman held high positions in IPS. } Israeli-Palestinian dialogue is an example {He chose a very wrong example. Israel had never hesitated to retaliate more brutally than what it got and had never hesitated to attack pre-emptively either when situations so demanded. In any case, Pakistan is not Palestine}, albeit held under the U.S. auspices, that can hardly be ignored.

New Delhi may not entertain Washington as an intermediary. But it can definitely keep talking to Islamabad, without giving up the right to retaliate whenever required.{R.K.Raghavan must state clearly when is that 'whenever'. Attack on J&K Assembly was OK ? Attack on Indian Parliament itself didn't need retaliation ? Unleashing of urban warfare in India's financial capital would not attract retaliation ? Again, in the very first para, R.K.Raghavan misunderstood Indian retaliation as merely using drones against Pakistan. Now, he himself says India should not give up the right to retaliation. What does he mean by retaliation then and what redline should Pakistan cross to invoke a retaliation from India ? Is the phrase 'right to retaliate' merely a tool to stake our claim to retaliate or will we ever use it ?}

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 06 Apr 2010 09:39

SSridhar, its drones like him who perpetuate the soft state and eternal vulnerability.
He gives no options and pretends to fulminate.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 06 Apr 2010 09:42

ramana wrote:He gives no options and pretends to fulminate.

The gentleman routinely writes in magazines like Outlook, generally as a subject matter expert in Policing and Internal security. Guess regular interactions with a dhimmi media and the journalists, makes every one a dhimmi themselves.

Nihat · Post by **Nihat** » 06 Apr 2010 12:08

Chidambaram's big and bold mission: safe India

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chidambarams ... ml?from=tn

I would vote Congress again in the next general elections in 2014 if it were Guranteed that Mr. Chidambaram will remain Home Minister of India.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 06 Apr 2010 12:45

More than 50 killed as Maoists ambush CRPF team

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 765722.cms

sum · Post by **sum** » 06 Apr 2010 12:51

NDTV reporting 70 killed ( CRPF 62nd battalion was ambushed)!!!!

Also, reports of some bodies being mutilated. A real hammer blow for the forces, if there was one.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 06 Apr 2010 13:47

73 CRPF jawans killed.
Something must have gone terribly wrong: P.Chidambaram

“The casualty is very high and I am deeply shocked at the loss of lives. This shows the savage nature of CPI(Maoist) and their brutality and the savagery they are capable of.

Senior officials will be reaching there shortly,” he said.

“The Government of Chattisgarh and CRPF together had planned this operation. They had mobilised both the state forces and the CRPF but something has gone drastically wrong. They seem to have walked into a trap set by naxalites,” he said.

Chidamabaram said he was very “sorry” for those who lost their lives in the attack.

The Indian police and para-military forces cannot fight with one arm tied behind their backs.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Apr 2010 14:02

the operational details must have been leaked well in advance for such large scale concentration of forces to occur at the ambush spot.

apparently there is another gunbattle ongoing in same area between 100 crpf and "few hundred" armed naxals although details are unclear . lets hope its not another ambush and massacre.

truly a black day. in such situations perhaps only a QRT of WSI-Dhruv could turn the tide and salvage something .... "rushing reinforcements to the area/search ops are on" is just pious statements because 12-24 hrs will elapse before anyone ventures in strength to reclaim the area.

they could be armed with the chin cannon and two MMGs on the doors each with
several 1000 rounds belt fed from drums.

"log kya kahenge" and "queensberry rules" time is over. we are fighting for our
survival here. anything that will help must be used.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 06 Apr 2010 14:08

Where is Arundhati Roy?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Apr 2010 14:24

let us not worry about that dung beetle. will be hiding under the nearest dung pat to emerge later.

more important issue is whats the strategy to deal with the naxal ability to concentrate 100s of cadres for overwhelming attacks and then melting away.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 06 Apr 2010 15:56

Singha wrote:the operational details must have been leaked well in advance for such large scale concentration of forces to occur at the ambush spot.

You cannot rule out of moles in the State Police cadre as well. Chattisgarh etc. is not known much for its policing ability. Guess information would have leaked from them

. Remember the incident in which the much acclaimed Gray Hounds lost lots of people in an Ambush. That time the failure was from the Orissa Police who did not provide the Gray Hounds with any credible intelligence. They too were ambushed.

arun · Post by **arun** » 06 Apr 2010 19:29

X Posted the full text of the report titled "Shadows in the Cloud: An Investigation into Cyber Espionage 2.0” detailing among others P.R. China’s success in compromising the cyber security of India.

The number of times India crops as the victim of compromised cyber security makes for depressing reading.

Excerpt dealing with some of the pilfered documents:

These documents contain sensitive information taken from a member of the National Security Council Secretariat concerning secret assessments of India’s security situation in the states of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura, as well as concerning the Naxalites and Maoists.

Link here:

Shadows in the Cloud: An Investigation into Cyber Espionage 2.0

RamaY · Post by **RamaY** » 06 Apr 2010 19:37

abhishek_sharma wrote:More than 50 killed as Maoists ambush CRPF team

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 765722.cms

RIP brothers. I hope your sacrifices are not wasted.

This is going to turn the tide in these states. AP went thru this type of incidents before "Gray Hounds" units were setup.

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » 06 Apr 2010 19:39

Sachin wrote:You cannot rule out of moles in the State Police cadre as well. Chattisgarh etc. is not known much for its policing ability.

Didn't minutes of a cabinet meeting where MMS had invited state officials end up in the hands of maoists? IIRC the maoists were also being updated with the flight plans of surveillance aircraft.

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 06 Apr 2010 21:27

ramana wrote:SSridhar, its drones like him who perpetuate the soft state and eternal vulnerability.
He gives no options and pretends to fulminate.

Wonder if he is the same Raghvan who came to Stanford after retirement or he is is another Brother Raghvan?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 06 Apr 2010 21:36

Prem wrote:
ramana wrote:SSridhar, its drones like him who perpetuate the soft state and eternal vulnerability.
He gives no options and pretends to fulminate.
Wonder if he is the same Raghvan who came to Stanford after retirement or he is is another Brother Raghvan?

The person at Stanford was Lt Gen(retd) Raghavan who heads Delhi Policy Group.

This one is ex-CBI director. He now heads the SC appointed SIT looking into Gujarat riots.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 06 Apr 2010 22:13

much of the naxal training footage we on TV is imo clever psyops to project a image of farmers and forest people taking up crude guns ... you will see mass drills, people crouching and practising firing from a straight line and so on. its meant to lull people into underestimating.

I strongly believe they have a much better trained and equipped core of fighters (on par with a regular army unit) whose fitness, mobility, weapons and small unit cohesion would be supervised by ex-armymen (who turned naxals or get paid as a 'consultant') to very high levels.
they would be proficient in all small arms and be armed with AK56, insas, FNFAL, sterlings, good quality sniper and hunting rifles, good imported radio sets and even night vision for unit leaders. plus grenades and stolen 3" mortars....vast amts of arms have been looted from
police armouries and nepal route is always there...the nepali maoists have not much use for
their stockpiles now.

the american civil war virginia militia types ones we see on TV would surround the spot and unleash volleys of controlled fire while the skirmishers, recce, chasing and cqb fighting would be done by the better trained units.

and they have sympathizers and paid informers in the political, police and state civil service/IAS cadre of all the affected states, who feed them intel on whats coming down from
delhi.

while conventional law and order ops has to go on , a separate 'red cell' type unit totally
unknown to the state govts and most of central govt has to be setup. for instance navy herons
would fly in and out at night without informing anyone and deliver footage and ELINT used to
poinpoint camps targeted by small central govt units later, without going through state
govt chain of command and getting leaked.

Ameet · Post by **Ameet** » 06 Apr 2010 22:49

Researchers Trace Data Theft to Intruders in China

Avinash R · Post by **Avinash R** » 07 Apr 2010 08:56

Kidnapped minor is victim of love jihad

Mysore, dhns: Even as the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is busy with the its investigation of ‘Love Jihad’ cases in the State, one such case has surfaced in Mysore district.

K R Nagar police, who were probing into the kidnap of a minor girl from Bherya, have confirmed that the boy had forcibly converted her into Islam.

Sharing the information with the media, Superintendent of Police Ramasubba on Tuesday said the 16-year girl had been kidnapped by Azeem Hafeez (22), son of M Idinabba of Ullal in Dakshina Kannada. Hafeez had been working in a medical store in K R Nagar and was living at his relative’s house in that town. He had befriended the girl with the help of his relative.

After kidnapping the girl, he had forcibly converted her into Islam, before marrying her in Chikmagalur. Also, he had changed her name as ‘Mehek Taj’ besides changing her age to 18 years, according to the affidavit sworn-in before a notary at that place. He had disposed off the jewellery the girl was wearing to meet the expenditure.

The SP said records available with police suggested that Hafeez was connected with a theft at Ullal.

Interrogation revealed that Hafeez intended to dump his minor wife. However, his plans went awry, when cops led by DySP (rural) C D Jagadeesh swooped on him at his Subhash Nagar residence.

Acting on the clues given by Hafeez, police arrested Siddiqui and Hassan Kaka for abetment in the crime. Four others, including Hafeez’s parents, Zareen Taj and Rafeeq are at large. DG and IG Dr Ajai Kumar Singh is appraised of the findings, the SP added.

Ameet · Post by **Ameet** » 07 Apr 2010 09:30

LeT eyes India's core sector: US think tank

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Pol ... 768704.cms

A US defence department think tank has warned that India’s transportation, economic infrastructure
and political establishment are on the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s radar. It has also confirmed India’s charge that the terror outfit still enjoys funding from ISI.

What is equally significant is the think tank’s finding about the close links between LeT and Karachi-based D-Company of Dawood Ibrahim. “D-Company has established smuggling routes in the region, access to material, a partnership with LeT, and depends on ISI for refuge in Pakistan,” the report has said.

The think tank associated with the US Army War College said that the LeT, though having a close relationship with Al Qaeda, will continue to evolve into a distinctive, South Asia-centric terrorist actor while still receiving aid from fringe elements in Pakistan’s security and intelligence apparatus and elsewhere. “This will not only allow LeT to continue to plan future Mumbai-style terrorist attacks in India from safe havens in Pakistan, but will also enable it to guide and assist the predominantly indigenous Indian Mujahideen (IM).”

Authored by Ryan Clarke, the 117-page report “Lashkar-e-Toiba: The Fallacy of Subservient Proxies and the Future of Islamist Terrorism in India,” has given a detailed account of the outfit. The report said the troubling fact is that LeT has upgraded its activities and has begun to operate throughout India and will likely target transportation and economic infrastructure and political establishment as opposed to Indian security forces exclusively.

The report said Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company has emerged as the principal source of its weaponry. “Although LeT has a wide support base that spans several continents, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is the most probable source of weaponry, given D-Company’s geographic proximity to LeT operations and the syndicate’s proven ability to clandestinely transfer enough weaponry to fight a small war on short notice.”

According to the think tank, LeT collects donations from the overseas Pakistani community in the Persian Gulf and the UK, Islamic non-governmental organisations, Pakistani/Kashmiri business people and through its parent organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The militant group also counts on donations from sympathetic Saudis, Kuwaitis, and Islamist-leaning ISI leaders. “In addition, LeT maintains relations with extremist and/ or terrorist groups across the globe ranging from the Philippines to the Middle East and Chechnya by means of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa network,” the report said.

Although most of LeT’s monetary assets were previously deposited in mainstream financial institutions, many of these deposits were withdrawn and invested in legitimate ventures such as commodity trading, real estate and manufacturing in order to avoid seizures.

vera_k · Post by **vera_k** » 07 Apr 2010 12:08

I suppose this goes here.

Kamal Nath charged in US court

On behalf of SFJ, Pannun filed a civil lawsuit under the Alien Tort Claims Act against Nath, for his alleged participation in the 1984 genocide of the Sikhs in Delhi, India.

The SFJ filed the suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, headed by Preet Bharara, along with two individuals who were directly affected by the November 1984 Sikh genocide. The District Court has issued a summons and Minister Nath must respond within 21 days.

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 07 Apr 2010 16:50

'Not fair to use IAF within borders without specific intel'

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 08 Apr 2010 16:06

Key conspirator for Pune blast is Yasin Bhatkal

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 08 Apr 2010 16:31

Lajpat Nagar Blast: 6 convicted

Fourteen years after a blast rocked Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi killing 13 people, {What a shameful length of proceedings and it is not over yet ! The convicted will go for appeal after appeal. Anybody convicted for life have a possibility of being released in 14 years in India. Anybody given a death sentence has a bright chance of getting commutation and eventual release. the Home Ministry doesn't even want to decide on mercy petitions.}the trial court on Thursday convicted six people in the case.

Ten people, including a woman, all from Jammu and Kashmir, had faced trial in the case. The accused were arrested soon after the incident after police allegedly tracked the calls made by them to various media houses, claiming responsibility for the terror attack.

Those facing trial on various charges, including criminal conspiracy and murder, were Farooq Ahmed Khan, Mohd Naushad, Mirza Iftikhar, Mohd Ali Bhatt, Mirza Nissar Hussain, Latif Ahmed Waza, Syed Maqbool Shah, Javed Ahmed Khan and Abdul Gani and their woman associate Farida Dar. All accused, except the woman, are in judicial custody.

District and sessions judge S P Garg had recently concluded hearing final arguments in the case. During the arguments, Khalil Ansari, counsel for the accused, had said they were innocent and had been framed in the case.

The prosecution had said that the recovery of goods gave ample evidence about the antecedents of the accused and linked them with the offence.

The prosecutor had argued that there was sufficient evidence against the 10 accused for convicting them for their role in the blast that took place on the evening of May 21, 1996.

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 08 Apr 2010 16:37

Tension back; Hyderabad riots toll touches 3

Hyderabad: The tension was back in the old city of Hyderabad on Thursday with a person, stabbed during communal clashes last fortnight, succumbing to his injuries in a hospital. With his death, the toll in the communal riots has risen to three.

Narasimha, 54, a resident of Lal Darwaza area, who was stabbed by unidentified people in Hussaini Alam police station area on the night of March 28, died at the Osmania Hospital on Wednesday night.

As news of his death spread, police went on high alert in Shahali Banda and adjacent areas near the historic Charminar to prevent any untoward incident. Even curfew-pass holders were stopped from entering into the old city.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made as some groups are reportedly preparing to take out a funeral procession.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tension-back ... ml?from=tn

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 10 Apr 2010 04:57

Hyderabad riots: Breakthrough in probe
Razakarism still persists.

Three youths allegedly responsible for killing two persons and stabbing an A.P.S.P. constable near Shahalibanda were arrested by the Special Investigation Team of Hyderabad Detective Department in a joint operation with the Commissioner's Task Force sleuths.

The accused -- Javed, Wasif and Atif -- joined a mob and were moving near Volga hotel on the Shahalibanda road on March 29. They came across a bank's van in which the victim, his colleague, a security guard and driver were travelling.

On a tip-off, four more persons were detained for questioning in connection with the murder of a salesman at Tappachabutra on March 30.

The mob later smashed the victim's head with boulders even before he could rise, while his relative managed to escape. The detained persons were identified as Sattar, Feroz, Mazar and Kamra.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 10 Apr 2010 06:35

Security forces one-up on rebels in intelligence operations

Tuesday's massacre of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada is yet another instance of the military supremacy of Maoist rebels over the security forces engaged in field operations.

However, the rebels, who built this aura of invincibility, do have their Achilles' heel.

While the fighting units of Maoists apparently have mastered the art of attacks and improved capabilities to strike with higher levels of tactical precision, as displayed in the recent strikes at Midnapore in West Bengal (24 policemen were killed in February) and Koraput in Orissa (11 killed in April) this year, the state too dealt some stunning blows to the Maoist party.

However, these losses have been inflicted mainly due to intelligence operations (int-ops) and not as a result of field operations in struggle areas of different States. In the last 12 months, four members of the central committee (CC) of Maoists have been arrested, while another, Patel Sudhakar Reddy, heading the intelligence unit of the party, was ‘neutralised' in an alleged exchange of fire in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh (May 24, 2009).

The arrested are Amit Bagchi (Jharkhand; August 24, 2009), Kobad Ghandy (Delhi; September 20, 2009), Balraj and Chintan Da (Uttar Pradesh; February 7, 2010).

These are in addition to the arrests or killings of at least a dozen State committee members in Karnataka, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. In fact, the intelligence-based operations were so meticulous that the police in one-go took into custody the entire State unit of Maoists in Uttar Pradesh in the first week of February.

It is indeed a contradiction in India's counter-revolutionary warfare that the security forces are unable to strike a balance between field operations and int-ops. Interestingly, whatever the successes against the Maoists came only as a result of intelligence operations.
Party chief's caution

Maoist leaders including party chief Ganapathi are worried over the success of ‘int-ops'. In a letter sent senior colleagues on December 22, 2009, he expressed serious concern at the unfailing regularity with which the party was losing its senior cadres. Worried over the reach of the intelligence agencies, he cautioned the senior leaders not to come into contact with anyone and suggested that they meet their ‘couriers' just once in a month.

The devastating effect of the series of arrests was evident when the Maoist Central Committee postponed its polit bureau meeting, as mentioned by Ganapathi. “I strongly feel that remaining CCMs did not learn any small lesson from our losses suffered at top (sic),” he says.

God bless our silent warriors. Good work by IB, SIB and all others. Lets hope the good work continues.

Kati · Post by **Kati** » 10 Apr 2010 12:07

The Statesman, Kolkata, April 10, 2010

IM recruits in Dubai
9 April 2010

Atul Krishan
NEW DELHI, 9 APRIL: The Indian Mujahideen (IM) is believed to be forming a new module in Dubai with south Indian youths. Sources in the special cell of Delhi Police revealed that IM activist Shahnawaz, who was allegedly involved in the Kolkata American Center attack in 2002, is recruiting youths for the new module. The sources said Salman Ahmed who was arrested in connection with the Batla House encounter, has revealed that Shahnawaz has been recruited by IM’s chief Amir Raja Khan, Iqbal Bhatkal and Riyaz Bhatal who is presently in Pakistan.
“Shahnawaz has been assigned the work of recruiting young men, especially from south India. Shahnawaz joined IM in 2002. It was Sadiq who brought him into IM. Shahnawaz’s elder brother Saif has also been arrested by the police,” said a source close to the investigation.
He added that Salman and Shahnawaz had been together before the Batla encounter. They then fled to Nepal and to Dubai from where they reached Pakistan. After reaching Pakistan, Shahnawaz was asked by his chief to recruit youths and form a new module of IM. Salman was ordered to go to Nepal and form another module but he was arrested by the UP police from the border and handed over to Delhi Police.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 10 Apr 2010 12:40

Very little is written about police valour: P. Chidambaram

It was also reported that the police deployed in these areas had killed innocent men and raped women. Those who wrote these certainly had no heart, no conscience, he said.

I hope that Mr. P.Chidambaram will remember these fine words when policemen in the 'inconvenient' states are similarly accused and harassed for fighting terrorists. Apart from our dhimmi nature, it is this politicisation of internal security that lets the terrorists execute their plans easily.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 11 Apr 2010 00:52

Pitched battle over 'people's war' at JNU

They were even shouting slogans like 'India murdabad, Maovad zindabad'

sudeepj · Post by **sudeepj** » 11 Apr 2010 02:12

SSridhar wrote:Lajpat Nagar Blast: 6 convicted
Fourteen years after a blast rocked Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi killing 13 people, {What a shameful length of proceedings and it is not over yet ! The convicted will go for appeal after appeal. Anybody convicted for life have a possibility of being released in 14 years in India. Anybody given a death sentence has a bright chance of getting commutation and eventual release. the Home Ministry doesn't even want to decide on mercy petitions.}the trial court on Thursday convicted six people in the case.

Ten people, including a woman, all from Jammu and Kashmir, had faced trial in the case. The accused were arrested soon after the incident after police allegedly tracked the calls made by them to various media houses, claiming responsibility for the terror attack.

Sridhar

There was a recent judgement by a supreme court bench that life imprisonment means imprisonment for life, not 14 years anymore. The govt. of the day may decide to release the prisoners after 14 years, considering 'good behaviour' and no possibility of causing harm to innocent human beings or animals.

http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullst ... wsid=54882

What this means is, we as citizens must be vigilant against the govt. of the day sneaking behind peoples backs to release these criminals at a later date. Perhaps filing PILs in the supreme court..

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 11 Apr 2010 12:46

SSridhar wrote:Lajpat Nagar Blast: 6 convicted
Fourteen years after a blast rocked Lajpat Nagar market in New Delhi killing 13 people, {What a shameful length of proceedings and it is not over yet ! The convicted will go for appeal after appeal. Anybody convicted for life have a possibility of being released in 14 years in India. Anybody given a death sentence has a bright chance of getting commutation and eventual release. the Home Ministry doesn't even want to decide on mercy petitions.}the trial court on Thursday convicted six people in the case.

Ten people, including a woman, all from Jammu and Kashmir, had faced trial in the case. The accused were arrested soon after the incident after police allegedly tracked the calls made by them to various media houses, claiming responsibility for the terror attack.

sudeepj wrote: Sridhar

There was a recent judgement by a supreme court bench that life imprisonment means imprisonment for life, not 14 years anymore. The govt. of the day may decide to release the prisoners after 14 years, considering 'good behaviour' and no possibility of causing harm to innocent human beings or animals.

What this means is, we as citizens must be vigilant against the govt. of the day sneaking behind peoples backs to release these criminals at a later date. Perhaps filing PILs in the supreme court..

Life Imprisonment always meant imprisonment for Life and not for 14 years. Power to release prisoners are governed by rules under the residuary powers of the State and is to be exercised with lots of conditions. Due to its rampant misuse SC had to clarify the exact position. It is not even arbitrary power but primarily stems from the philosophy of reformation and corrections of prisoners.But Govt of the day tend to misuse this power. Even Libyan agent in Lokerbie case has been released despite hue and cry .

However, if the same person is caught committing crimes again after premature release and punished then remissions and premature release would not be available and original sentence commences.There is no erasing of crime or conviction but only suspension and could be resumed.(provided one could be caught again)

But you are perfectly right in citizens being vigilant against release of prisoners whose crimes are rarest of rare or psychopath. Main drawback in the system is that victims relatives /family has limited say and easily cowed down by veiled threat.

Moreover ,Indians by and large believe in forgiveness and ultimate punishment by God.

sum · Post by **sum** » 11 Apr 2010 22:17

Scientist commits suicide, senior booked

Not sure where to put this since it dealt with our strategic sector.

Rupesh · Post by **Rupesh** » 11 Apr 2010 22:44

They were even shouting slogans like 'India murdabad, Maovad zindabad'

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These Maoist in the making should have been arrested under NSA. I hope IB is keeping a watch on maoist sympathisers in JNU.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 12 Apr 2010 06:28

Navy for law to act against vessels without transponders

It wants legislation to take punitive action against vessels functioning without mandatory Automatic Information System (AIS) transponders and suggested that the fishing boats pass through a toll gate while entering and exiting harbour.

The Navy, tasked with the overall maritime security after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has found that vessels below 300 tonnes, which are required to install AIS transponders, have not done so even after a year.

One of the measures contemplated was making boats below 20 metres pass through toll gates while leaving and entering so that their movement was recorded through a low-cost transponder or radio frequency tags fitted on the boats.

As for the plan to establish a radar chain along the 7,500-km coastline, the Navy chief said it would be in place by next year. In the first phase, 46 radars were being set up along the coast, including in the island territories, at a cost of Rs. 300 crore. The public sector Bharat Electronics Limited was carrying out the radar chain work that also included setting up of sensors for identification of vessels near the coast.

kenop · Post by **kenop** » 13 Apr 2010 10:26

Hope this belongs here
15 years after escape, Purulia accused held

The elusive Kim Peter Davy, alleged kingpin of the Purulia arms drop case, was arrested by the Denmark police on Friday, 15 years after escaping from police custody, said investigators here. He will be extradited to India shortly.
...

sum · Post by **sum** » 13 Apr 2010 10:46

^^ Peter Bleach( of UQ hand twisted and let off fame) has actually left a comment there!!!

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 13 Apr 2010 17:50

Help us, say tribals in the Maoist war zone

"Everyone in the forested villages of Bastar is horrified after the April 6 massacre. Living with family members in peace has been just a dream for us since the late 1980s when 'dadas' (Maoists) sneaked into Bastar from Andhra Pradesh. This was followed by frequent visits by police parties into villages to track them down,"

Maoists exploited the vulnerability of the tribals

"Overenthusiastic" officials tried to shift tribal people out of their homes in the forests and drove them into the extended arms of Maoists who exploited their vulnerability to win them over to their side, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai has said.

"Overenthusiastic collectors and other officers who tried to shift them (tribes) out of forests created the problem and into that vacuum came Maoists," Pillai told IANS in an interview.

"There were good intentions, but implementation (of some government plans) was bad. Like in some forest villages, nature conservationists said these are wildlife sanctuaries and 'sab ko bhagao'(chase them away).

"This fellow, this tribal, thought the government was only interested in animals and not about me. And what about me? This is where Maoists took advantage and told them that the government is more interested in the tiger than you...come to us," Pillai said.

Pillai said the government was amending forest laws to win the hearts and minds of tribals and make them stakeholders in the development of the region.

"Now what we are trying to tell them is be part of the government schemes... that sort of thing you have to do," he said, adding the government had even granted forest land rights to tribal people.

"Under the old forest act, all forest produce belonged to the government. So if the guy went to pluck something from the forests, which he has been doing for 100 years, the range officer would book a case against him," the official said.

He said thousands of such cases have been withdrawn and the new forest law has been implemented. "The new act allows the tribals to own up to four hectares of forest land and the government will give them 'pattas' (legal transfer documents) for it," the home secretary told IANS.

Pillai said the government's "simple aim is restoring civil administration in the area, which you can call lawless, free for all".

Maoists hold sway in the region, running a virtual parallel government. The guerrillas, known locally as Naxalites, are fighting against the government.

"The security forces have gone to restore civil administration there. They will stay there for three years to set up police stations, ration shops, schools, health centres...Restore full civil administration, get the facilities there and come back."

Pillai stressed that the government in the last six months has "reclaimed about 5,000 sq km from the 40,000 sq km area under Maoist control. And we are in the process of micro-management. Now the administration is moving in some areas."