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one gets inspired by that then I will
only say that the threat perception in
definitely be happy about it.
the recent 15 years has increased.
• Wherever I go, I see a bright smile
on the face of a policeman, he
identifies with me, and that is the
biggest achievement I'll carry to my
grave.
The scenario has changed from the
organized crime syndicate
attacking the business people. From
that we have come to terrorism on a
much bigger scale. In organized
crime, the syndicate attacks used to
Following is the full text of the be targeted against particular
interview. individuals. In a terrorist attack, it is
On the threat perception that
Mumbai, as commercial capital of
India, had faced in the 15 years from
the 1993 serial bomb blasts till the
November 26th 2008, when the city
came under the terrorist attack…
In 1993, there were riots followed by
the blasts. That was carried out by
the organized crime syndicate of
Mumbai. That was a terror attack, I
agree; but that was not by non-state
players or players of any other
country. That was at a different level.
But then also 200 people died and
many others injured. In 2006 there
were train blasts. That was the
second biggest one. Around 200
people died. The third attack was the
26/11 in 2008. In between there
were a number of blasts. In
Ghatkopar a bus was blown up. At
various other places blasts
Occurred. One Dr. Jaleel Ansari
had carried out 57 blasts in
Maharashtra State. This kind of
attacks took place all through the
years. So that way we could say that
this being the commercial capital,
the place has been targeted by the
enemies of the nation. They have
been coming and repeatedly
carrying out these dastardly acts
against innocent citizens. But we
should also realize there were other
serial blasts in Jaipur, Ahmedabad,
Surat, Bangalore, Delhi and various
other places also. It is not that we
should remove all these from the
history of the country and focus only
on Mumbai. Mumbai is the
commercial capital and there is so
much of population and anonymity.
And Mumbai attracts the attention of
the world. So you and I should not
analyze what happened in Mumbai.
We should go to the national
perspective. So whatever has
happened between this nation and
other nations, and whatever has
happened in Tamil Nadu, Orissa,
Jharkhand or Delhi or Assam or
Bodoland. In that perspective if you
see, Mumbai has also been at the
receiving end. So we need not
downsize the whole thing and at the
same time we need not exaggerate
what has happened. What has
happened is a reality. So this can't be
concealed by anybody. So, I would
against the humanity at large. In
this, people from all communities
are the receiving it. In every blast,
Hindus were there, Muslims were
there and people from all other
comities were there. Here, we don't
have any religious connection to the
whole thing. Anybody could be
doing the terrorist attack. The
people who were dying belonged to
all communities. So this is how is
some fear psychosis is created due
to which the citizens may be feeling
insecure. But we have to come
together, stay together, put out best
foot forward and see that these
things are not repeated.
Mumbai Police is famous for its
informer network. But there was
a slip-up with regard to 26/11…
There was no slip up as far as the
informer network is concerned.
Informer network is the same and
their work is also the same. It was all
limited before 1992-93 to
organized crime and various other
local crimes. About that even now
they (informers) are excellent. Where
has organized crime happened after
1998-2000? When I was the Joint
CP (Crime), we had carried out
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