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Pakistan has links to LeT terror plots in India, says Chidambaram | Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram today disclosed that the United States security agencies have informed India that Pakistan has links with the terror plot of the
Lashkar -e- Tayebba busted recently in the US. Chidambaram pointed out that the
fact that Hedley, against whom the FBI filed affidavit in the court, visited Pakistan
several times showed the country's links with the aborted plot which sought a
large-scale terror attacks. Two or more people have also been arrested in Pakistan
in this connection on the advice of FBI. Asked to comment on the statement by
the Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao that the Government of India should declare a
cease-fire before talks could commence with them, Chidambaram said that he has
no information about the demands from the Maoists. Chidambaram denied that the
Centre was launching an 'Operation Green Hunt'. He said the Center was only providing
paramilitary assistance, intelligence and technical help to the States wherever
necessary. The State Governments were carrying out counter- insurgency measures
against the Maoists. Earlier, addressing Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers
at a passing out parade at the Sardar Vallabhabhai National Police Academy , Chidambaram
said that the country was better prepared today to face any challenge to its security,
sovereignty and integrity. The government had taken several steps to mount confidence
and competence among not only the police, but also the common people. He announced
that a corpus fund with 25 million rupees would be set up during the next financial
year for research activity in the academy. On the occasion, 91 IPS probationers
including 23 women and 8 Royal Bhutan Security forces passed out after a 45-week
long vigorous training course at the Academy. |
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