The Centre is seriously concerned over the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed using territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorists and finance.
NEW DELHI: The Centre is seriously concerned over the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed using territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of terrorists and finance.
The modus operandi is recruitment of Indian youths by LeT and Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami for training in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and then sending them back to India for sabotage and subversive activities.
"These outfits are well-organised, interlinked and have the latest hardware and communication equipment," according to a paper prepared by the Union Home Ministry on internal security.
Investigations into recent terror attacks, including the July Mumbai blasts, Varanasi serial blasts in March and the attack on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore last December, indicated increased use of Bangladeshi by Inter-Services Inteiilgence-backed terrorist groups and the growing terror networking of Bangladeshi fundamentalist groups with LeT and JeM.
According to intelligence sources, in all these attacks, suspected terrorists had infiltrated from across the Indo-Bangladesh border.
The strategy of these groups, according to the paper, is to maintain continuous flow of finances to sustain terrorist network, target vital installations and economic infrastructure, recruit and train local modules and attack soft targets like market places, public transport system, places of worship and congregations.
Their strategy also includes provoking communal tensions to create a wedge between communities and supplying hardware through land and sea routes.
The Home Ministry feels that terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK is yet to be dismantled and it is being used by Pakistan-based and ISI-sponsored outfits like JeM, LeT, Al-Badr and Hizbul Mujahideen.
Concerned over the situation, the security establishment has taken special measures to meet the terror threat in the hinterland.
The states are being regularly sensitised and specific intelligence inputs shared with them by the central agencies about the plans and designs of terrorist outfits.
The Centre has also directed the states to set up well-equipped and specially trained special police units to deal with terror.
Terrorist modules have been busted in states by state security and intelligence agencies in association with Central agencies.
Believing that collection of local actionable intelligence holds the key to preventing key terrorist activities, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil has ordered the revamp of special branches of state police.
The states have been asked to increase the strength of special branches by way of additional manpower as well as filling up of vacancies and post competent officers.
There should be a mandatory tenure preferably of five years for personnel in special branches and promotions should be linked to this requirement, according to the ministry’s paper.
It also suggests a system of incentives and disincentives for personnel working in special branches, apart from having a dedicated staff for intelligence work right up to the police station level.
During a recent discussion on internal security scenario in Parliament, Patil had said that the beat constable system should be activated.
The Centre has promised financial and technical assistance to states for training and equipment.
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