Recent terror strikes blot on government: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Terming the two recent blasts in
Indian cities Mumbai and Delhi as a "blot" on government's
record, Home Minister P Chidambaram Thursday said many
homegrown modules are active across the country and several of
them have acquired the capacity to make bombs.
"There are Indian modules too. They seem to have the
capacity to attract radicalised youth to their fold... Many of
these modules have acquired the capacity to make bombs,"
Chidambaram said addressing country's top police brass here.
The Home Minister said some of these modules are loosely
knit under an organisation called Indian Mujahideen (IM) and
many old cadres of the banned Students Islamic Movement of
India (SIMI) have transformed themselves into IM cadres.
"There are other Indian modules that espouse the cause of
right-wing religious fundamentalism or separatism," he said
while inaugurating the three-day annual conference of DGPs and
IGPs organised by Intelligence Bureau.
While referring to the July 13 Mumbai and September 7
Delhi blasts, Chidambaram said "two terrorist attacks in the
space of two months are indeed blots on our record".
"Naturally, the central government and the security
forces have been severely criticised. While we accept the
responsibility for the incidents and the legitimate criticism,
it is our duty to set out the context in which such terrorist
attacks take place," he said.
The Home Minister said no country in the world, including
the United States, appears to be entirely immune to the threat
of terror. The worst-affected were Iraq, Afghanistan and
Pakistan, he said.
"The epicentre of terror is Afghanistan-Pakistan
(region). Four out of five major terrorist groups are based in
Pakistan and three of them – LeT, JeM and HM– continue to
target India," Chidambaram said.