Atulchandra Kulkarni

A nine-month intelligence operation that culminated in a multi-state crackdown last month exposed how a ISI-linked Pakistani gangster used social media and organised crime to build a low-cost terror network across India. In a sweeping pre-Independence Day crackdown, Indian security agencies last month detained 253 people across 14 states and arrested more than 200 operatives linked to the Pakistan-based Shahzad Bhatti Network, foiling what officials said were plans for subversive attacks...

The new policy attempts to knit together decades of operational experience in combating terrorism into a coherent national doctrine. With PRAHAAR, India has come forth with a formal nationwide counter-terrorism policy and strategy for the first time. It is not that we have not been tackling terrorism. In fact, we have been at the forefront of tackling the menace for decades in multiple regions of the country. India has always had sound strategic momentum to combat terrorists and the scourge...