delhiUpdated: Oct 22, 2019 04:45 ISTDid you know that visitors were earlier allowed to go near the base of the India Gate war memorial? Kumar writes that some (officers) “in central intelligence agency (referring to IB and RAW) were incredulous and thought we had cooked it all up”. Kumar writes various cryptographers, research organisations began work on codes but nobody could crack it. The impact would have been earth-shattering as the earlier attack on the Parliament House in 2001,” Kumar writes. “When the next day broke, early morning joggers on Rajpath were surprised to see army men wielding light machine guns stationed all around India Gate in full battle gear.

Source: Hindustan Times October 21, 2019 23:06 UTC