07-18-2006, 08:52 PM
PM rules out bringing back POTA to deal with terror
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the government had macro-level information about a terrorist attack but nothing specific that commuter trains in Mumbai would be targeted.
He also seemed to rule out bringing back the tough POTA (Prevention of Terrorist Activities) law to deal with terrorists but admitted there was need to upgrade intelligence gathering and strengthening disaster management capabilities.
"It is far from true that POTA is the only means to deal with terrorists. There are many other ways. We will strengthen our intelligence gathering ability and we will look at the security apparatus, both at the central and state levels to do that," Singh told reporters on board the special aircraft taking him to St Petersburg Russia for the G-8 summit.
Manmohan Singh said terrorist acts had taken place even when POTA was in place. The law was repealed in one of the first acts of the Manmohan Singh government in 2004 because of widespread criticism from civil liberties and human rights groups of its misuse and it being used to target minorities.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->HSBC fraud reveals new terror tactics
Saturday, July 15, 2006 (Bangalore):
The recently discovered HSBC BPO fraud case might in fact have been a test case conducted by terrorist agencies.
An employee in Bangalore gave confidential data about customers which resulted in the theft of large sums of money.
The results of the brain mapping and polygraph tests conducted on the man arrested in this case - Nadeem Hamid Kashmiri - indicate that he did have links with the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Kashmiri is accused of data theft and allegedly transferred Rs 1.8 crore. The fraud in Bangalore could well be another way in which terrorists attempt to wage war against the Indian state.
"Financial terrorism is coming to the fore. Terrorist groups are trying to target banking and financial institutions.
"It could be a probing mission by inducting somebody and trying to see how secure are the systems and the methods of recruitment in the banks," said S Mahapatra, IGP, Economic Offences, COD.
Nadeem Kashmiri is likely to undergo narcoanalysis on the July 21, and investigators hope during this process he will reveal more names of those involved.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the government had macro-level information about a terrorist attack but nothing specific that commuter trains in Mumbai would be targeted.
He also seemed to rule out bringing back the tough POTA (Prevention of Terrorist Activities) law to deal with terrorists but admitted there was need to upgrade intelligence gathering and strengthening disaster management capabilities.
"It is far from true that POTA is the only means to deal with terrorists. There are many other ways. We will strengthen our intelligence gathering ability and we will look at the security apparatus, both at the central and state levels to do that," Singh told reporters on board the special aircraft taking him to St Petersburg Russia for the G-8 summit.
Manmohan Singh said terrorist acts had taken place even when POTA was in place. The law was repealed in one of the first acts of the Manmohan Singh government in 2004 because of widespread criticism from civil liberties and human rights groups of its misuse and it being used to target minorities.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->HSBC fraud reveals new terror tactics
Saturday, July 15, 2006 (Bangalore):
The recently discovered HSBC BPO fraud case might in fact have been a test case conducted by terrorist agencies.
An employee in Bangalore gave confidential data about customers which resulted in the theft of large sums of money.
The results of the brain mapping and polygraph tests conducted on the man arrested in this case - Nadeem Hamid Kashmiri - indicate that he did have links with the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Kashmiri is accused of data theft and allegedly transferred Rs 1.8 crore. The fraud in Bangalore could well be another way in which terrorists attempt to wage war against the Indian state.
"Financial terrorism is coming to the fore. Terrorist groups are trying to target banking and financial institutions.
"It could be a probing mission by inducting somebody and trying to see how secure are the systems and the methods of recruitment in the banks," said S Mahapatra, IGP, Economic Offences, COD.
Nadeem Kashmiri is likely to undergo narcoanalysis on the July 21, and investigators hope during this process he will reveal more names of those involved.
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