From correspondents in Chhattisgarh, India, 12:30 PM IST
Chhattisgarh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan took the salute at the Republic Day parade held here Monday and praised the commitment of the security forces battling Maoist insurgency in the state.
Addressing the crowd gathered at the police parade ground, Narasimhan said: 'I appreciate the commitment that the security forces and the people of Chhattisgarh have towards bringing an end to Maoist violence.
'The nation can record progress only if it has made enough security arrangements to counter attacks from external as well as internal forces. Terrorism and Maoist insurgency are the threats to the country's unity and integrity.'
Referring to the thousands of people uprooted from their homes in the southern Bastar region due to Maoist violence, Narasimhan said: 'The Chhattisgarh government is committed to providing them security and ensuring that they are properly rehabilitated.'
The hoisting of the tricolour and Narasimhan's 10-minute speech were followed by an impressive cultural show by school children. The highlight of the function thereafter was a display by police sniffer dogs of their prowess.
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Among the police and security men who were involved in countering Mumbai terrorism of 26/11 (08), undoubtedly the valiant act, even risking and losing of life, was of far more valuable in the case of the lone simple policeman who captured a single terrorist, Kasab, alive. The captured terrorist has given away so much information which is practically the sole basis for India to take up the issue of Mumbai attacks with Pakistan. It is arguably of less creditable if terrorists are killed and in the process of killing, erase all the potential use of intelligence that can be garnered from them regarding the roots and methods of terrorism and the masterminding of the horrendous terror. The terrorists who were killed by the security men should have been shot in the legs or hands, immobilised and their guns removed by shooting, for this reason. To do that, the security men should be trained accordingly.
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