There are details of the movements of Lt. Col. Shrikant Prasad Purohit and of how his laptop, which is "believed to have crucial information" and which went missing when he was arrested on October 29, has "been traced" by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team which is investigating the affair. Indeed, there are indications already that the RDX explosive used was stolen by the colonel/his helpers from the stores of an Indian Army artillery regiment. It is to be immediately noted that serving Lt. Col. Purohit is in civilian custody; and is being investigated by a civilian agency.
It is to be noted too that whilst the BJP has criticised the government for "framing Hindu leaders" and its president, Rajnath Singh, has accused the Congress of "communalising" terrorism to win elections, newspapers have pointed out that he has brushed aside allegations "that he could be guilty of the same by battling for persons held for terrorist attacks".
And so the Indian state goes on, trying to administer this vast and diverse country with problems that seem so massive: a huge population, now bordering on 1.2 billion people; poverty like we Pakistanis could not even begin to imagine; an infrastructure that needs immediate repair and refurbishment. I mean how do you keep an infrastructure going that has the weight of 1.2 billion souls upon it?
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5:53 AM
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