Click to play videoNew Delhi: In the face of the terror attacks in Ahmedabad and Bangalore, what should your role as a citizen be?
Experts say that the Ahmedabad attacks would not have been possible without strong local help, so being aware of what's happening in the neighbourhood will help.
Former Uttar Pradesh DGP, Prakash Singh says, "Every citizen is a policeman in plain clothes and every policeman is a citizen in uniform. For 17 explosions to take place in a city, a minimum of 34 persons must have been involved and atleast 20 people must have sheltered them. This means over 50 people were involved. To find out who the people were who placed the bombs may be tough but what about those 20 people, who gave them protection? Who were the people extended support to these terrorists? why are they keeping this information to themselves? Don't they owe it to the society, to the country to tell the truth?"
Bangalore and Ahmedabad are returning to normal after a weekend of terror, but experts say citizens across India need to be more disciplined in dealing with terror. A role model is London's response to the 2005 serial bombings.
Former Director General of Punjab Police, KPS Gill says, "Earlier, people never used to go near the scene of the crime and as a result clues were easily available. Here people go and rush to see what's happening and as a result the scene of the crime is disturbed badly."
Resident Welfare Associations are asking their members to turn terror-sensitive. President of a South Delhi Colony, Triloki Nath is a tenant himself. Apart from general alertness, he emphasises on the fact that the verification of tenants and servants should never be ignored.
"There is a responsibility of the landlords to verify the people who the place is being leased to. Prevention is better than cure. Citizens are responsible, as we too are policemen," says he.
Petty corruption too is a huge issue which allow individuals to pick up key documents like ration cards, PAN Cards, birth certificates and even passports for a price.
"In certain towns and cities you can get an ID card made by paying some money. It's not difficult. There is always an element of corruption where Government agencies are involved. People can create an identity through corrupt means and thereby divert attention from themselves and the agencies that issue these ID cards do not have the equipment to verify the people they are being issued to," says KPS Gill.
The fact live bombs identified by alert citizens were diffused in Ahmedabad and Surat show that things are moving in the right direction.
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