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Daily Times - Leading News Resource of PakistanMajor Indian blasts were result of illegal diversion of explosives
* Body to keep tab on explosives’ stockists, suppliers, transporters and end users is understaffed
* Legislation regarding explosives’ pilferage to be tabled before parliament in budget
By Iftikhar Gilani
NEW DELHI: India may continue to blame Pakistan for motivation behind the blasts in Mumbai, Malegaon and Hyderabad, but the stark fact realised by the government is that the ammunition for all these blasts had come from illegal diversion of the explosives, particularly the gelatin sticks, made in India.
An 8-member committee, headed by the Union home secretary, which examined this phenomenon, found how shockingly inadequate was the government mechanism to prevent the explosives meant for mining and other industrial uses to easily slip into the hands of terrorists and other anti-social elements to misuse them at will.
Use of ammonium nitrate in the blasts made the committee to sit up with a realisation that it is not an explosive and hence had escaped the Explosives Act that puts curbs on its manufacturing, possession, transportation and use.
The only recourse that the government could take was to demand monthly returns of purchase and use of this chemical and accordingly a special order was issued on April 12, advising its manufacturers to maintain the requisite records on a daily basis.
Sources in the Home Ministry said this was, however, only a temporary measure as the committee actually wants to bring ammonium nitrate under the ambit of the Arms Act, alike similar other chemicals sulphur, potassium nitrate, all chlorates and percholarates.
A regulatory mechanism for the manufacturing and use of ammonium nitrate has been also suggested, the sources said.
It is too much to expect from the jingoistic and vitriolic Indian media (the likes of Chidanand Rajghatta and his ilk), but hopefully the Indian people will start using some sense and refuse to accept the fairy tales fed them by their leadership.
In the same token, Pakistanis need to realize that the Mullah training suicide bombers, preaching hate and intolerance, and plotting to overthrow the state to impose his own fascist, evil ideology is a Pakistani - and those doing his bidding are Pakistanis - no matter where the money is coming from.