Reader Rants 'n' Raves

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.