KG Balakrishnan wants a separate police cadre to be created
in every state to deal with terror attacks. According to him, terrorism and
extremism “have been the newer forms of disruptive forces which have to be
handled by the police. These terrorist forces worked across many States, with
links outside India. They also effectively used the latest technologies. To
curb terrorism, the police forces would have to create a new cadre trained in low-intensity
warfare.” (The Hindu). K.G Balakrishnan had been the Chief Justice of Supreme
Court and now he is the chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission. He
advanced the proposal for formation of a separate police cadre for terrorists, during
the distribution ceremony of International Jurists Award 2013 and the National Law
Day Award in New Delhi on November 30. On this occasion he also shared his
ideas on ‘International Terrorism'. He made the statement on ‘separate police
cadre’, in the same speech. Obviously, judges, lawyers, police officers and functionaries
of law and order machinery must have attended the event in large numbers.
The process has been
on for many years
The discussion on the subject of ‘International terrorism’
by a top jurist was not the first of its kind. Meetings of jurists, legal
luminaries and heads of security agencies have been held earlier as well to
discuss the subject. International conferences are also held. This process has
been going on for several years. The most important thing is that, in these
meetings, the definition of terrorism, its meaning and concept, its forms and
varieties, are not usually discussed because the meaning of terrorism is already
understood in the minds of convenors and participants of these conferences. And
this meaning is the same which America has made the world understand after the
so-called '9/11’ and the first and most vigilant among those who have
understood this meaning according to the American Dictionary is the ruling
class of this country. Extremism or religious extremism
is the extremism of the adherents of a particular religion. To them, demolition
of places of worship in the broad daylight with the whole world as witness, to
terrorize a community by making (provocative) statements and issuing open
threats in meetings and rallies, and genocide of a community by (engineering)
riots, is not terrorism.
Had the leadership
been awakened
Terrorism is indeed a major problem in this country. However,
it must be seen how much it is real and how much fake. But even the need for
discussion on this aspect is not felt in these conferences. This is the need in
fact of the community which is the target of the entire exercise. But
unfortunately, the leadership of this community does not realize it; rather it
would not have any knowledge of what is being said on the subject of terrorism
and international terrorism. Had there been any realisation and knowledge
thereof, it would have (1) constituted a specialized group of scholars for
further understanding of its goals; (2) prepared individuals to participate in
talks and discussions; (3) declared that
the Muslim community is completely with the government and its security
agencies’ efforts to counter terrorist threats, because this community is most
affected by it; (4) demanded that the meaning of terrorism and its forms should
also be discussed; (5) demanded that all incidents of terrorism in recent years
must be re-investigated; and every upcoming incident should be inquired
honestly and Muslim representatives be engaged in the process of inquiry, in
some form or the other, and (6) the media should not be allowed to go out of
control in this regard.
13/12/2013 khabar-O-Nazar by Parwaaz Rahmani, sehrozaDAWAT, translated by:Miss Khalida Hussain
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