Twice postponed, a coordination meeting of state police officials took place only when the chief minister could take time off his busy schedule, releasing books and attending get-togethers. The home minister told the Karnataka Assembly, after preliminary police inquiries had been made into the Bangalore angle of the attempted bombing at the Glasgow airport, that "Kafeel Ahmed, his brother Dr Sabeel Ahmed and their cousin, Dr Mohammed Haneef, are into jehadi movement (sic) as they had been indoctrinated. They (had) attended some meetings and delivered provocative speeches in the city."
This statement inspired very little confidence, especially as the state police bosses denied immediately that there was any connection between the three brothers and al Qaeda, and declined to name any organisations with which the brothers may have had contact.
Think about it. Three persons -- who are Indians but have foreign visas -- visit Bangalore several times, according to the home minister, deliver provocative speeches in the city and the home/intelligence department does nothing about it? They then just return to their places of work abroad, plan a suicide bombing and manage to actually carry it out partially.
