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THANKLESS INDIA
An Indian tourist leaned thoughtfully on the metal balustrade outside a bar in Nepal's scenic town of Pokhra. Clad in Bermuda shorts and a bright bush-shirt, the man could have been any of the thousands of Indian tourists who throng this town. The watering hole overlooked a lake, bordered by verdant hills. Hired speedboats driven by tourists sped past him. It wasn't the foothills of the Himalayas and the salubrious weather that had brought him here. Inside the bar, two of his colleagues waited, trying to appear casual but with urgent matters on their mind. Two others of the group were in a different part of town, sipping Coke while awaiting that vital signal for action. This was an undercover stakeout for India's most wanted terrorist Yasin Bhatkal. It was the denouement of a six- month long operation to capture the elusive man known as the 'Ghost Who Bombs'. The man outside the bar was anxious. As head of the Special Operations Group (SOG) unit charged with the task, he knew there was no room for error. It was, after all, a foreign country. To solicit the cooperation of the Nepal police and intelligence services, it was important to be certain of the target's identity. Failure was not an option. IT was on 13 August 2013 that the undercover tourist expedition began, launched in Patna by the Bihar unit of the SOG. The go- ahead was given by the Joint Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), stationed in Bihar's capital, at a meeting held with his deputies.
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THANKLESS INDIA | OPEN Magazine
An Indian tourist leaned thoughtfully on the metal balustrade outside a bar in Nepal's scenic town of Pokhra. Clad in Bermuda shorts and a bright bush-shirt, the man could have been any of the thousands of Indian tourists who throng this town. The watering hole overlooked a lake, bordered by verdant hills. Hired speedboats driven by tourists sped past him. It wasn't the foothills of the Himalayas and the salubrious weather that had brought him here. Inside the bar, two of his colleagues waited, trying to appear casual but with urgent matters on their mind. Two others of the group were in a different part of town, sipping Coke while awaiting that vital signal for action. This was an undercover stakeout for India's most wanted terrorist Yasin Bhatkal. It was the denouement of a six- month long operation to capture the elusive man known as the 'Ghost Who Bombs'. The man outside the bar was anxious. As head of the Special Operations Group (SOG) unit charged with the task, he knew there was no room for error. It was, after all, a foreign country. To solicit the cooperation of the Nepal police and intelligence services, it was important to be certain of the target's identity. Failure was not an option. IT was on 13 August 2013 that the undercover tourist expedition began, launched in Patna by the Bihar unit of the SOG. The go- ahead was given by the Joint Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), stationed in Bihar's capital, at a meeting held with his deputies.
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THANKLESS INDIA | OPEN Magazine
