All persons involved directly or indirectly in terrorist activities against India should be given death penalty. Death penalty should be retained as it is an effective deterrent to potential criminals. If such persons are not given death penalty, & merely imprisoned, they may escape from jail OR they may be released subsequently OR some terrorist may hijack a plane, asking for his release in exchange. Once freed by any of the methods above, he will again resort to subversive & terrorist activities & result in grave consequences for the innocent public. Such people are hard-core criminals & they cannot be reformed. It is better to execute such dangerous criminals without any mercy. I am talking not only about Abu Salem but also other terrorists & gangsters. It is very necessary to put an end to such social menace like terrorism, extortions, kidnappings, robbery, etc. in a ruthless manner. Such criminals do not understand the language of love, peace & goodness. I very strongly advocate death penalty for crimes like terrorism, murder, rape, extortion, robbery, kidnappings, espionage, etc. Terrorists should be burnt to death in public while other criminals should be beheaded.