Counter Terrorism with National Consensus & not with copy-cat terrorism

Recently Vijay Kumar, caught allegedly carrying jihadi literature and brass knuckles at Houston airport, is a former RSS pracharak committed to the cause of "protecting the ethos of Indian civilisation", says D C Nath, former special director of the Intelligence Bureau.

Nath and Kumar are close friends, both members of Patriots' Forum, a charitable trust. Nath said Kumar was originally a New Delhi resident who shifted to Mumbai three years ago to make documentaries on illegal Bangladeshi migrants. Illegal Bangladeshi migrants and the change in demographics was Kumar's chosen subject, Nath said.

Kumar has an interest in real estate and tried his hand as a consultant in both new Delhi and Mumbai, Nath said, but what kept him busy was his documentaries on human rights, gender injustice and illegal migration.

Advocate Navin Chaumal too said Kumar was once associated with the RSS. He had been planning a PIL on Bangladeshi migrants and researching the subject. "He met me days before he left for US, and said we should move the PIL after his return."

Nath said Kumar had spent his earlier part of life "following spirituality in the Himalayas" after which he moved to New Delhi and tried to set up a company in security services. He set up a company that did not take off, then moved to real estate consultancy, said Nath.

"There are two specific custodies Kumar is involved in, the criminal case custody (for the brass knuckles) and the immigration custody (for the jihadi literature)," criminal defense attorney Grant Scheiner told Newsline from Houston.

"We are moving court today to get the criminal court case hearing postponed. The state is set to revoke his visa. He is expected to be in immigration custody till September 2. The next hearing in the criminal matter was kept for August 27, but with Kumar inside he will not be able to attend it, hence we are going to ask for postponement."

In the light of above facts & past incidents (Thakur Pragya Singh episode) also it is important for us to enter into a national consensus on the issue of Misinterpreted meaning of Jehad & the act of terror perpetrated by handful of misled youths of a particular community.It is not the Muslims as a community only who are the great sufferers but our internal defence system is also being questioned which will harm our territorial defense in the future to come.Jai Hind-Jai Bharat