A Secular Haven

Of the 14 IM operatives arrested in the past couple of years by various agencies, 13 have come from Bihar's Darbhanga district alone. There have been similar arrests from other parts of Bihar as well.

Despite these realities, Bihar does not seem to have woken up to the threat. The central government had asked the state about a year back to constitute its own Anti-Terrorist Squad on the pattern of Delhi and Mumbai police but the state simply sat over the proposal and no headway has been made in this direction till date.

(We never know. Nitish may announce an ATS soon with a 50% quota for minorities. The burden of upholding psecularism is now on his shoulders).

ET: From transit point, Bihar turns major hub for jihadis