TN Guv questions how monitoring agencies failed to pick up on blast even as perpetrators of crime were on radar for long
On Friday Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi questioned the delay of four days by the M K Stalin-led state government to recommend an NIA investigation into the October 23 Coimbatore car blast case.
Speaking at a program in Coimbatore, Ravi, a former IPS officer, also questioned how the monitoring agencies failed to pick up on the blast even as the perpetrators of the crime were on the radar for a long.
He also said that the car blast was an attempt to unleash a major terror act and this was proved after a huge quantity of raw materials required for making IEDs was seized. The Governor said that this was ample evidence that the terrorists were about to strike in Coimbatore.
Governor R N Ravi said, “It’s a proxy war, the most sinister and secret way…We need to be very alert.”
“We know that terrorists are enemies of everyone and friends of none and we know that terrorists do not work in isolation and are part of a larger network. What they were doing was part of a larger conspiracy. Coimbatore is a known place for harbouring terrorists for a long time. They have been trained and taken to Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan,” R N Ravi said.
Stating that India was on the cusp of development and moving forward, he said the adversaries of the country do not like the progress the country was making.
“These adversaries do not have the capacity to take on India upfront, hence they were resorting to tactics like terrorism,” Ravi said, adding: “They are trying to create problems in the country and using terrorism as a tool to achieve their goals.”
The Tamil Nadu Governor also called upon the authorities not to “go soft” on terrorists, and take decisions at a faster pace.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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