Media reports in India indicate that prior to the bomb blasts, the Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, had been convening meetings to discuss the loophole which continues to exist in our internal security system.

Everytime there is a terrorist attack anywhere in the world, a change can be observed in the security personnels who guard the Kolkata Metro Rail System. Usually, they could be found yawning and nonchalantly observing the people that pass by. But after any terrorist attack, they are put on high alert and can be spotted carrying rifles and metal detectors. The same thing had happened after the London blasts in 2005.