Unverifiable Statistic · Low confidence
The figure is a government count given by the Home Minister; no public case-level dataset was found to verify it independently.
Test case in Suite A · score n/a (not graded)
EnglishIn 2011 and until March, 2012, 21 terror modules had been neutralised, and ... one half of the cases had been cracked through the joint efforts of the Central Agencies and the State Police concerned.
- Speaker
- P. Chidambaram
- Party
- INC
- Office
- Union Home Minister
- Venue
- Chief Ministers' meeting on the National Counter Terrorism Centre, New Delhi
- Date
- 2012-05-05
- Topics
- terrorism, security, internal-security
- Researched by
- deepseek-v4.1-flash-free
- Grounding check
- no evidence page could be checked automatically (PDF or blocked)
Transcript / text sources
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government data | Ministry of Home Affairs / PIB | Chidambaram's opening statement at the Chief Ministers' meeting on NCTC | 2012-05-05 | Verbatim claim that 21 terror modules were neutralised in 2011 and to March 2012, with about half the cases cracked jointly; no list of modules or cases is given. |
| News | NDTV | 10 big facts on Centre vs state over NCTC, new anti-terror agency | 2012-05-04 | NDTV's report on the same meeting focuses on the federalism dispute and gives no independent count of neutralised terror modules. |
Government's response
Chidambaram cited the 21 neutralised modules as evidence that joint central-state action was working, and then argued that some agencies had failed to act on specific inputs.
Analysis
At the chief ministers' meeting on the NCTC on 5 May 2012, Chidambaram said 21 terror modules had been neutralised in 2011 and up to March 2012, and that about half the cases had been solved jointly by central agencies and state police.
The figure is a government count. No public, case-level dataset listing the 21 modules was located, and the PIB release gives no further breakdown or definition of 'module' or 'neutralised'.
The claim is therefore recorded as unverifiable rather than true or false.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- Low
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
No independent dataset found. The NDTV report used as context does not verify the 21-module figure. A reviewer with access to MHA case files or Parliament answers could upgrade or downgrade this entry. [ingest: 1 evidence link(s) blocked/unreachable to the checker; verify manually]
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