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Editorial Posted On Thursday, March 18, 2010 | India's internal security is under fresh threat, both from terrorists and Maoists. On Monday last, three States -- Maharashtra, West Bengal and Karnataka were put on terror alert. This follows interrogation of Indian Mujahideen (IM) suspect Salman Ahmed, who has "revealed" that plans are afoot to engineer serial blasts in three cities, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata and in particular "target foreigners." Hence, the State governments have been asked to tighten security, as the Centre does not want to take any chances given its past bitter experience of not reacting to available information.
Salman, a native of Azamgarh, in UP and a suspect in serial blasts in Ahmedabad, Varanasi and Gorakhpur, has confessed that the IM has set up bases in Karachi, Kathmandu, Dubai and the Middle East under its "Karachi project." The plan by Pakistan's ISI is to train motivated Indians to attack targets in India so as "to create a degree of separation from Pakistan." The Centre cannot ignore this more so as another IM jehadi, Khwaja Amjad's revelations tally with those of Salman and confirm that the IM operatives visited Kolkata four months ago to activate their sleeping cells.
Meanwhile, the Centre has finally adopted stern strategy viz the Maoists' threat. It has discarded Kishenji's ultimatum of striking cities and towns if its offer of talks is rejected. Instead, it has put Operation Green Hunt into top gear in Bengal and Jharkhand. On Wednesday last, the police forces of the two States along with the CRPF launched a joint offensive against the Maoists in the bordering districts of West Midnapore and Purulia. In particular, the action in the Kolhan forest area comprising parts of West and East Singhbhum in Jharkhand assumes major significance as it clears doubts over Chief Minister, Shibu Soren's intention. The tribal CM, till recently, had shown reluctance against such operations and even Kishenji had put him in a separate category, saying "we will confront him only when he acts adversely." On Saturday last, the Maoist leader had hinted that Kolkata and Bhubaneswar could be targeted as chief ministers Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Naveen Patnaik were keen that operations against the Maoists be stepped up. Will he able to carry out the threat, given the Centre has turned the heat on the Maoists?
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