An International
Seminar on Global Terrorism and Ways and Means to counter the
threat has opened at the National Security Guards Centre, Maneswar
near Gurgaon. The two-day Seminar will exclusively discuss the
terrorist menace and their modus-operandi.
Terrorists
today, the World over, have shifted their focus from use of
guns to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The material and
technology for their fabrication is readily available off the
shelf. It is convenient for them to choose their target, cause
extensive damage and destruction of life and property and getaway
easily. The threat is even more pronounced in our context of
sponsored terrorism where training, material and incentives
are being made available to the terrorist outfits from across
the border. There is even a nexus existing between the various
terrorist outfits within the country and even globally for exchange
of information and intelligence on the fabrication of IEDS.
In contrast, there is limited interaction amongst the various
security agencies operating within the country on this aspect,
leading to loss of innocent live and property, in the absence
of a unified preventive strategy.
It is with
this backdrop that it was decided to set up a nodel agency in
the form of National Bomb Data Centre with National Security
Guards in march 2000. NSG was chosen as the central agency.
The NSG interacts and trains all security and intelligence agencies
viz. State Police, Defence forces, CPOs and the forensic science
centers. There are five countries which have credible Bomb Data
Centres, some even more than 30 years old. India became the
sixth nation to set up a full fledged and functional Bomb Data
Centre. There are 79 more countries around the world who are
in the process of setting up their Bomb Data Centres.
The task of
a Bomb Data Centre is to collect, collate, analyse and evaluate
all bombing incidents reported in the country. On the basis
of this, it carries out an assessment of the bombing trend area
wise to understand the bigger picture. It disseminates the relevant
information to concerned law enforcement agency to develop suitable
preventive measures. It identifies the explosive used and tries
to track its source and route of supply. It also carries out
the finger printing of terrorist groups involved. The database
is computerized for easy access and a web site has also been
created.
This is the
third seminar of NBDC but first with foreign participants. A
large number of IED and explosive related presentations are
scheduled by experts in the field of Bomb Disposal, forensic
science and dog units from India and abroad.
