Glaring chinks in Indian security armour: Intel agency that thinks, acts needed

The chinks in the Indian security armour are glaring. Former Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh's credentials are already in doubt. The Pathankot terror attack makes it much more dubious. First the former Superintendent of Police was said to have been returning from a gurdwara, now it is stated he had visited a tantrik. Whatever it is, it was his car that was used by the terrorists who received free passage at two checkposts on their way to Pathankot airbase where they are creating havoc that should take many years for the Indian security system to forget. Not only that the terrorists traveling by the former SP's official car were saluted and not stopped. The car had the blue beacon with flasher going. Salwinder was transfered to an armed battalion of the Punjab police after Gurdaspur terror attack, but continued to enjoy the official car. Earlier, the terrorists had accosted a civilian car and forced him to drive. More than the SP, the driver, whose car was allegedly booked from Pakistan, had suspected that his abductors were terrorists in Indain Army fatigues. While driving, he deliberately hit a rock so as to jump out and cause harm to the terrorists. In the event the terrorists went without a scratch, while the alert driver was shot by the terrorists. Now compare the two incidents. Threre is more than meets the eye in regard to the SP. The Punjab State government should take the doubtful role of the SP into account and treat it as exemplary for whatever award he deserves. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh has already demanded the deployment of more Border Security Forces. That should be immediately implemented, considering the dubious role of the Punjab police in the case of almost every terror attack. The question is are the police working for Pakistan, Khalistan or Hindustan? Security agancies in Delhi cannot be lax with nuclear arms all around. Reports suggest that the SP's cook, Madan Gopal, who was with him when his car was abducted, was subsequently tortured by the police when he alerted the top police about the terrorists. Why torture the cook when the SP had given his car to the terrorists and got them safe to their destination? Does national security apply only to cooks and orderlies, and the big fish could get away? Take another look at the Pathankot attack. How could half-a-dozen terrorists attacking an airbase have so much cover and so much ammunition that they could fight on for days on end? Unless there was local support such as that of the top police, how could they transport so much ammunition. It's not necessary that all the ammunition was brought in by the terrorists overnight. It could have been done much in advance and the ammunition dumped at a secret spot so it could be used for repeated attacks. Between Gurudaspur and Pathankot, couldn't there be such a dump to be used by terrorists? The police all over use world the dog squads to ferret out criminals and so on. Couldn't the dog squad be used in active operations such as spotting arms dumps, if deploying the squad for active operations such as tracing terrorists is ruled out? The security agencies should not gloat over small successes in the face of such big failures as Pathankot. When the chinks are so galring, security should acquire a different dimension. Politicians of all hues cannot have the necessary understanding. So the security agencies, including the three services, should have their security mind. Pakistan has the Inter-Services Intelligence which, among other things, drew up the Pathankot attack. The US has Central Intelligence Agency, Russia has the successor of KGB. India is apparently RAW in the matter.