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With
a
series
of
arrests
made
by
Karnataka
police
SIT,
Maharashtra
ATS
and
CBI
in
recent
weeks,
progress
made
in
probing
terror
activities
by
some
shadowy
Hindutva
outfits
is
encouraging.
It
is
incumbent
upon
these
agencies
now
to
coordinate
and
work
together,
amid
ample
indications
that
the
cases
they
are
probing
are
interlinked.
Recall
the
divergent
conclusions
in
other
cases
probed
by
multiple
agencies,
like
the
Abhinav
Bharat
case
and
2006
Mumbai
serial
blasts.
The
lack
of
immediate
breakthroughs
in
the
Narendra
Dabholkar,
Govind
Pansare,
MM
Kalburgi
and
Gauri
Lankesh
assassinations
had
put
Maharashtra
and
Karnataka
police
under
immense
pressure
and
embarrassment.
Now
the
cobwebs
appear
to
be
clearing
somewhat,
but
progress
must
be
kept
up.
Karnataka
SIT
produced
the
breakthrough
by
arresting,
since
March,
ten
men
allegedly
involved
in
killing
journalist
Gauri
Lankesh.
Information
the
SIT
shared
with
Maharashtra
ATS
led
to
the
arrest
of
four
men,
including
a
gaurakshak
and
a
former
Shiv
Sena
corporator,
reported
to
be
plotting
terror
blasts
in
multiple
Maharashtra
cities.
Recoveries
include
bombs,
detonators
and
pistols.
CBI
also
joined
the
action
arresting
an
alleged
shooter
in
the
Narendra
Dabholkar
case.
But
in
its
chargesheet
filed
in
2016,
CBI
had
claimed
that
two
other
men,
absconding
till
date,
were
the
shooters.
A
Lankesh
murder
suspect
has
also
reportedly
confessed
to
involvement
in
the
Kalburgi
case.
Names
of
two
outfits
to
which
some
of
those
arrested
owe
allegiance
Hindu
Janajagruti
Samiti
and
Sanatan
Sanstha
have
cropped
up
repeatedly.
Agencies
must
now
keep
up
the
good
work
by
ensuring
that
evidence
gathered
holds
up
in
court.
Indian
authorities
must
remember
what
we
keep
telling
Pakistan:
that
terror
is
indivisible.
Crimes
and
assassinations
cannot
be
condoned
by
looking
at
ostensible
religious
justifications
for
them.
That
would
be
fundamentally
subversive
of
and
a
direct
threat
to
not
just
democracy
and
free
speech,
but
also
to
the
rule
of
law
as
it
would
permit
murders
to
be
carried
out
by
citing
a
religious
justification
(this
happens
often
with
Pakistan's
blasphemy
laws).
With
a
series
of
arrests
made
by
Karnataka
police
SIT,
Maharashtra
ATS
and
CBI
in
recent
weeks,
progress
made
in
probing
terror
activities
by
some
shadowy
Hindutva
outfits
is
encouraging.
It
is
incumbent
upon
these
agencies
now
to
coordinate
and
work
together,
amid
ample
indications
that
the
cases
they
are
probing
are
interlinked.
Recall
the
divergent
conclusions
in
other
cases
probed
by
multiple
agencies,
like
the
Abhinav
Bharat
case
and
2006
Mumbai
serial
blasts.
The
lack
of
immediate
breakthroughs
in
the
Narendra
Dabholkar,
Govind
Pansare,
MM
Kalburgi
and
Gauri
Lankesh
assassinations
had
put
Maharashtra
and
Karnataka
police
under
immense
pressure
and
embarrassment.
Now
the
cobwebs
appear
to
be
clearing
somewhat,
but
progress
must
be
kept
up.
Karnataka
SIT