The Samjhota Express blast was a tragedy. The loss of innocent train passengers in a blast is to be condemned by all. No matter who did this or what reason, they should be caught and prosecuted, said an article on an Indian website, desicritics.org.
What has been somewhat soft-pedalled is the lax security environment that is in place in India. It would not be out of order to call India a soft state.
If we examine the overall situation, it does not feel very promising, the article says.
The Samjhota Express is a train that carries passengers between India and Pakistan. Given the nature of relations between the two countries, one would have assumed that security on such a train would have been absolutely tight. And what do we find? The tickets on the train were given out without checking passports, people could roam in the country without any constraints on the platform where the train departed from, luggage was unchecked and people could carry large amounts of luggage on the train without any restrictions.
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