LD CHIDAMBARAM 2

Chidambaram said as far as responding to a terrorist
attack is concerned, "we may have enhanced the capacity to
contain and repulse an attack, but I think that there is still
some distance to go before we can claim to have acquired the
capacity to respond swiftly and decisively to a terror
attack."

He said it was this assessment which led him to argue
that the security architecture at the top must be thoroughly
and radically restructured.
NCTC’s mandate should be to respond to violence
unleashed by any group – be it an insurgent group in the North
East or the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in the heartland
of India or any group of religious fanatics anywhere in the
country acting on their own or in concert with terrorists
outside.
He said the new organisation would therefore have to
perform functions relating to intelligence, investigation and
operations.
While making it clear that some of the organisations may
have to be brought under the ambit of NCTC, the Home Minister
made a fervent plea that this should not result in turf wars.
"Some agencies would naturally have to be brought under
NCTC and what come to my mind readily are NIA, NTRO, JIC, NCRB
and the NSG.
As far as investigation is concerned, Government has set
up the National Investigation Agency, and that agency would
have to be brought under the overall control of NCTC. (MORE)
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