Terrorism is lurking everywhere; no one knows when it would strike We may not know, terrorism could strike in our backyard. Everywhere its tentacles have a strong-hold. The attacks could be in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad or any other place. The powers-that-be appear to have intruded into almost every echelons of our society, masquerading in different forms and entities. The US has always been criticised for seemingly oppressive forms of search, questioning and detaining suspects. But then, it has contained the menace quite well. Now what is haunting the US is trigger-happy gun firing only. In India, because we are so liberal, to the extent of being unique in the world, any terrorist can pass as ordinary citizen, hoodwinking the authorities. Now reports say Indian Mujahideen leader Yasin Bhatkal was in the custody of Kolkata police in 2008 in disguise. Another report says he has two Malayali accomplices with him. The cops had no idea that the person in custody was Yasin Bhatkal. That drives the point home that there should be a federal set-up to deal with terrorism. But no one even speaks about the National Counter Terrorism Centre. There should be co-ordinated efforts to nab terrorists infiltrating the society.