Sourced from rediff.com: "9 people died and around 20 to 25 people were injured in a blast on Wednesday morning outside one of the entry gates to the Delhi high court complex crowded with visitors seeking entry into the premises.
The explosion occurred outside gate No 5 where 100 to 200 people were waiting in queue to get passes for entry into the court complex."
No one seems have a clue about the motive and why the high court was the target this time. Is someone looking at intimidating the judiciary like the Red Brigade did in Italy in the 1970s and 80s? Some "sources" seem to think so in assorted media reports.
All I can say is the police are too busy to prevent bomb blasts in this country. Give them a break! They have no time, when they are engaged in providing security to VIPs, they are occupied in the task of rounding up couples who are kissing in public areas, they are frantically extorting money from shops and restaurants, they don't have a spare second as they are making sure that night-clubs and restaurants don't stay open beyond a particular time. Where will they get time to work with informers and the (lack of) intelligence agencies in India? They are way tooo busy.
Then of course, politicians get the busy police to protect thugs that get drunk on festivals and molest women. The police do need to protect the citizenry! They need to be present when authoritarian "social activists" round up middle-class dimwits in campaigns that are supposedly meant to tackle corruption.
Who has the time and energy and inclination to make sure that bombs don't go off in random places in Indian cities? The police? The politicians? The common man? Nobody does. We're all too busy living in futility.
The explosion occurred outside gate No 5 where 100 to 200 people were waiting in queue to get passes for entry into the court complex."
No one seems have a clue about the motive and why the high court was the target this time. Is someone looking at intimidating the judiciary like the Red Brigade did in Italy in the 1970s and 80s? Some "sources" seem to think so in assorted media reports.
All I can say is the police are too busy to prevent bomb blasts in this country. Give them a break! They have no time, when they are engaged in providing security to VIPs, they are occupied in the task of rounding up couples who are kissing in public areas, they are frantically extorting money from shops and restaurants, they don't have a spare second as they are making sure that night-clubs and restaurants don't stay open beyond a particular time. Where will they get time to work with informers and the (lack of) intelligence agencies in India? They are way tooo busy.
Then of course, politicians get the busy police to protect thugs that get drunk on festivals and molest women. The police do need to protect the citizenry! They need to be present when authoritarian "social activists" round up middle-class dimwits in campaigns that are supposedly meant to tackle corruption.
Who has the time and energy and inclination to make sure that bombs don't go off in random places in Indian cities? The police? The politicians? The common man? Nobody does. We're all too busy living in futility.
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