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IB, RAW good enough; no need for NCTC: Former
RAW chief
Saturday May 04, 2013 08:28:52 PM,
IANS
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Panaji:
A parliamentary committee may have asked the central government to
hold back the setting up of the National Counter Terrorism Centre
(NCTC), but a former RAW chief insists that India does not need
such an apparatus.
Former special secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
Amber Sen said during a public lecture Saturday that if the
existing vacancies in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and RAW were
filled, the two institutions would be competent enough to handle
counter-terrorism operations.
"Why start a new agency when you have organisations which are 40,
50 years old?" said Sen, who is also a former strategic
intelligence advisor to the National Security Council, which
advises the central government on security related issues.
"The IB is over 20,000 short on personnel. RAW is 3,000 short. If
these two agencies are given people, it will be more than enough,"
Sen said.
He further said that the process of new hiring for any
intelligence agency was a long drawn process which took oodles of
time and instead of starting a fresh infrastructural setup like
the NCTC and hiring people for it, the existing capacities at IB
and RAW should be filled and given a free rein to develop
comprehensive counter terror strategies.
The central government's NCTC, a project which was developed after
the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, when a need was felt to have a
single federal body which would control and co-ordinate all
counter-terrorism measures.
The project hit controversy from day one after several state
governments not ruled by the Congress party claimed that the
anti-terror outfit could have potential to interfere with state
government's affairs.
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