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26/11 shook Mumbai to the core. The attack was brutal and horrific. Nearly 60 people lost their lives at CST, Taj Hotel, and Trident Hotel. Several senior police officers were killed. One of the officers, Hemant Karkare, was investigating the Malegaon blast of 2006, in which personalities like Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, and others who are associated with the RSS ideology of Hindu Rashtra were named. This compilation of articles unravels the full story of the events and raises unanswered queries related to the attack. It also surveys the phenomenon of terrorism and some acts of terror which have not been investigated so far.
Terrorism, Rule of Law and Human Rights*
Terrorism, Rule of Law and Human Rights*
Adherence to the constitutional principle of ‘substantive due process’ must be an essential part of our collective response to terrorism. Any dilution of the right to a fair trial for all individuals, however heinous their crimes may be, will be a moral loss against those who preach hatred and violence.
From our recent experience, we have learnt that terrorist attacks against innocent and unsuspecting civilians threaten the preservation of the rule of law as well as human rights; and terrorism can broadly be identified with the use of violent methods in place of the ordinary tools of civic engagement and political participation. It has become an increasingly recurrent strategy for insurgent movements as ...