Anti-Terrorist Military Court needed in India: M.S.Bitta

Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Jul 26 : All India Anti-Terrorist Front president M S Bitta today advocated the establishment of an Anti-Terrorist Military Court, that will be free from political interference.
Addressing a crowded press conference here, Mr Bitta also demanded that all countries should come together and declare Pakistan a terrorist state. ''India should adopt a bullet for bullet policy with Pakistan, which must hand over the masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and all other strikes in the country,'' he said.
The former All India Yuva Congress president, citing the example of Sri Lanka, which has ended the 35 years long conflict with the LTTE, headed by M Prabhakaran, said India should adopt the same policy to deal with terrorist activities in the country.
Maharashtra is the financial capital of the country and there is a need to provide latest guns and other equipment to policemen and jawans so that, they are able to handle the terrorists whenever needed, he said.
Mr Bitta said security in the border states should be beefed up to prevent terrorist activities.
''Terrorism will end in the country if all political parties come together to fight it,'' Mr Bitta added.
Making a frontal attack on former Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Mr Bitta said he was not able to handle terrorism properly during his tenure. [...]