we want KPS Gill

[Guest guest]

http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/28inter.htmFormer director general of the

Punjab police K P S Gill says India will not be able to fight terrorism unless

there is a national agreement to tackle this danger. In an interview to Chief

Correspondent Onkar Singh, the flamboyant former Indian Police Service officer

-- security adviser to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after the riots in

the state -- said it was the duty of the State to protect its citizens, and not

for citizens to fight terrorism on behalf of the State. Do you feel there was a

security lapse which resulted in terrorists attacking the Aksharadham temple in

Gandhinagar? I do not think there was any security lapse on the part of the

Gujarat police. Terrorists set their own agenda and choose their own timings.

Did the Gujarat police have any intelligence, warning of such an attack? When I

was security advisor to the chief minister, we had some inputs which said

terrorists could strike in the state, but there was nothing specific. Possibly,

the conspiracy for this attack was hatched either in Jammu and Kashmir or in

Pakistan. The manner in which it was carried out bears the stamp of the Inter

Services Intelligence of Pakistan. One such indicator comes from the fact that

the markings on the AK-47 assault rifles had been scratched in order to avoid

detection of the source of supply. We have to broaden our intelligence network

and for this the Government of India should be willing to spend more money. The

Gujarat police claims the two terrorists had done their homework... Subsequent

developments do not support this theory. In my opinion they were not well

informed about the place. I am convinced that local police commandos should

have dealt with the situation on their own rather then summoning commandos from

the National Security Guards. After all, they were only two of them. Do you

approve of NSG commandos being used for VIP protection? NSG commandos are

highly motivated and should be used sparingly to tackle special situations. The

use of NSG commandos for personal security should be discouraged. I think

commandos from the Central Reserve Police Force or Central Industrial Security

Force should be deployed for VIP security. They are equally effective. How can

terrorism be countered in today's situation? By killing terrorists who dare to

attack the army, police and innocent people. There should be no room for

capturing them alive. Look at the example of Sri Lanka. The LTTE had so many

human bombs. The Sri Lankans did not allow a single human bomb to escape. They

found them and killed them before they could wreck havoc. Now the LTTE has no

human bombs. We have got to do the same thing here as well. Do you think the

NSG should be used in counter insurgency operations? The NSG has been specially

created to tackle some difficult and challenging situations. It is used in

specific cases but it cannot be used as a counter insurgency agency. There are

other specialist outfits that are well trained in anti insurgency operations. I

would also like to point out here that the misuse of NSG should be stopped

immediately. How long will militancy go on in Jammu and Kashmir? So long as we

do not act against them effectively. If I am given a chance I would put down

militancy in Jammu and Kashmir with an iron hand. Just as we did in Punjab.

What about the Kashmiri Pandits who live outside the state? Give me the charge

of Kashmir and I would take the Kashmiri Pandits back to their homes with

honour and dignity. We would protect them in Kashmir just as we protected the

Hindu community in Punjab during militancy. It was wrong on part of (then)

governor Jagmohan to move them out of Kashmir. When will Gujarat return to

normalcy? Gujarat would have been normal had the elections been held on

schedule. I think those who colluded to postpone the elections in Gujarat are

also to share a part of the blame for what is going on in the state now.

Gujarat would undergo a period of uncertainty, tension and high violence. That

is my gut feeling. You said it takes political will to fight terrorism. What do

you actually mean by that? Unless you have a national agreement that terrorism

should be put down with an iron hand there is no way you can fight terrorism.

It is a crying shame that when this government was trying to get an anti

terrorism bill passed political leaders from various parties were talking in

discordant voices. Human right activists are only active in India. Nowhere else

where terrorism is being fought have such activists raised their voices. Be it

America, Germany, Israel, UK etc. Some politicians have asked the people to

combat terrorism. It is the duty of the state government to protect its

citizens and fight terrorism. People can only inform the police and help them.

In the present day when the common man is bothered about his day to day living,

where does he have the time to keep an eye on what others are doing? It is the

responsibility of the State to provide protection to its subjects. The Attack

on Akshardham Temple

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