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According to some of the senior police officials of Maharashtra, the state is becoming the hub of terrorist activities, with many terrorist outfits making Mumbai their base. The 2008 blast of Kanpur as well as the blast that happened in Goa last week have been traced back to Maharashtra.
"Most Hindu hardline organisations are Maharashtra-based. The purported objective of these outfits seems to avenge the series of attacks on Mumbai," said V N Deshmukh, former joint director Intelligence Bureau who retired as the state intelligence chief. He mentioned that the Sanatan Sanstha, which has been accused to be the masterminds of last week’s Goa blast, should be banned. The group has also been blamed for the blasts which happened in Thane and Panvel theatres last year.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad as well as the intelligence department has put forward the proposal for banning the outfit, after the arrest of 6 people by ATS, who were suspected to be behind the September 29, 2008 Malegaon blast.
"The youth are being indoctrinated by fundamental organisations. The state government should act quickly to control the right-wing terrorism," said a senior IPS officer.
