Bihar DGP should be dismissed: R K Singh

PATNA: In a furious reaction to the terror attack during BJP's Hoonkar rally on Sunday, former Union home secretary R K Singh has said the Bihar DGP should be dismissed with immediate effect for huge security fiasco.
"The man who is heading the police in this case (obviously DGP) is not worth his office. Had I still been the Union home secretary, I would have recommended his dismissal," Singh said on Monday while reacting to Sunday's serial blasts at Gandhi Maidan.
Nitish Kumargovernment has been under fire from BJP and other political rivals, but the criticism from Singh should singe. Singh, a Bihar cadre officer, who shot into fame with his crackdown on the "cooperative mafia" in the state and, subsequently, for arresting L K Advani in 1991 when the BJP leader had set out on a Rath Yatra for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya, Singh is well regarded by the current regime for his role in rebuilding roads which had disappeared during Lalu-Rabri Raj.
In fact, Nitish government wants him to work as an adviser for the infrastructure sector.
On Monday, however, Singh did not let the appreciation of his contribution come in the way as he savaged the Bihar administration.
Talking to TOI on phone from New Delhi, Singh rejected the claim of Bihar CM and DGP Abhayanand that there was no intelligence alert on the Indian Mujahidin's plot to target Modi in Patna. "IB had sent a message on October 23 itself, yet no follow-up action was taken," he said.
He further said, "It was a grave lapse on the part of Bihar police who did not even follow the elementary security procedure and did not consider threat and vulnerability assessment of Narendra Modi who is known to be under threat of terrorists. Professionalism was not adopted and politics prevailed. Even a junior police officer, who has certain experience of working in the field, knows basic things about security drills for political rallies."