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Face to Face 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 THE PROTECTOR Sept-Oct 2009 10
Face to Face various operations. We put a full stop to the organized crime. As far that job is concerned Mumbai police has done extremely well. But in connection with what happened in Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Varanasi and various other places, blame like that nor am I willing to accept it. Mumbai police had done splendidly well in 1992-93 or in 2008, whenever it was. We came out as a one-man and stood up to the crisis. Eighteen people sacrificed their lives in one incident. It is not a terrorist attack. It is the Army, Navy and various others who are well geared. When 26/11 took place, it was not totally the job of police to go and face them with lathis and 303 rifles. If they are quipped, trained and prepared like the Army, that is a different thing. The NSG (National Security Guards) is full of Army officers only. They are not the police. If they are prepared they are at a different level. I cannot accept everything on my shoulders and my lathi-wielding police constable will go and face an AK-47 wielding terrorist who is well trained. So, our job, police is doing wonderfully well. For others jobs, others can come forward and we can come together and provide a network of better security. you see, it is part of a national and small, mean sacrifice. The kind of On providing a panacea to the international conspiracy to spread police response is some thing, which menace of the nexus between the terrorism in India. Even a thousand- is world class. So intelligence failure builders, underworld, politicians year war is being waged by some is not the job of the informers or the and the police… neighbouring country. So this becomes a bigger canvas. So our informers and our police cannot go abroad and collect intelligence about international conspiracies. It is unfair on the part of any body to say that our network has failed or Mumbai police has failed. No. On the contrary, Mumbai police has come out in a big way and they have faced all these things, they have investigated. They have found out the perpetrators; they have chargesheeted them; brought them successfully to trial. Police has always been on the top of the scenario. But the blasts have taken place because of an international conspiracy. And how do you expect our informers and our police to go to neighbouring countries and collect intelligence? That is the task of the Coast Guard, the Navy and other agencies which are involved. They are supposed to do all these things. Every blame cannot be squarely put on the police. Neither can you police. It's the job of others. We cannot accept the responsibility which is not ours. On the informer network being strong as ever… Absolutely. For whatever purpose the police has been prepared, recruited and trained, they are doing a wonderful job of that. The police cannot be giving a response to the Panacea can only be given by a God. No human being can assure a panacea. If any human being is selling a panacea he is cheating you and you can register a case of cheating against him. So, I am going to take up all these things as the scene is emerging. It is an evolving thing. In one day, as soon as I sit on the hot seat, I am not going to wave THE PROTECTOR Sept-Oct 2009 11
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