National Police Chief Anders Thornberg said, "We live in a democratic society and one of the most important tasks of the police is to ensure that people can use their constitutionally protected rights to demonstrate and express their opinions...
The Karnataka High Court had earlier made it clear that a lack of 'intent to strike terror' cannot nullify terrorist acts defined under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, if the act in question is 'likely to strike terror.'
Whenever the system refused to bend over backwards to accommodate their exclusivist demands, Islamists shed the nuance of peace, resorted to all-out violence and took the State to ransom