New Delhi, Feb 25: India will try to replicate select anti-terrorism strategies which the US had adopted after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday.
Insisting that the government is much more prepared now for handling terror strikes than three months ago, he told Rajya Sabha that there will be better coordination between various security and spy agencies from next month when the multi-agency centre will be in place.
"Our level of preparedness is much higher than it was three months back and in the event of any attack, our response will be swift and deterring," he said responding to members` concern on internal security during the Question Hour.
Chidamabarm said that he would be presenting his third report on the level of preparedness on February 27.
"A team had gone to the US to study their anti-terror strategies, which they had prepared in the wake of 9/11 attacks. The team has come back and we are trying to replicate the strategies studied there, that suit our requirements," he said.
"By March 31, there will be better coordination between multi-agency centre (MAC) and its subsidiaries and between MAC and special branch of police and various data centres".
By May this year, all these agencies will be much better placed to reply to any kind of terror attacks, the Home Minister said.
‘Reply to Pak`s queries on dossier after chargesheet’
India will respond to Pakistan`s questions on dossier after filing of chargesheet in Mumbai attack case, Chidambaram said.
"After the chargesheet is filed, we will reply," Chidambaram told reporters outside Parliament on being asked when India would reply to the set of 30 questions posed by Pakistan on the Indian dossier.
Chidambaram was speaking when the chargesheet in Mumbai
case was about to be filed in a court in the financial
capital.
Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmad said the
government will seek to clarify whatever doubts Pakistan may
have with regard to the attack.
He said the footage of four terrorists roaming in Taj
Hotel in Mumbai on November 26 last year, which was aired by a
TV channel, should provide further evidence to Pakistan in
connection with the probe.
"So far they have acknowledged the nationality of only
Ajmal Amir Kasab but there has no acknowledgement by Pakistan
of the nationality of his associates, who died during the
attack. The footage should help Pakistan in identifying them,"
he said.
At the same time, he said Pakistan should also hand over
40 fugitives of Indian law, which New Delhi has demanded.
"This is our target".
Bureau Report
