New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Expressing deep sorrow over the Delhi blast, Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) on Wednesday underscored the urgent need to dismantle the ecosystem of overground workers that supports and promotes terrorism in the country.

In an interview with ANI, Lieutenant General Hasnain (Retd.) noted that while several terror operatives, including doctors and intellectuals, were arrested across India before the blast, overground workers often remain unnoticed, living seemingly normal lives while secretly aiding terrorist networks.

"I express my very deep regrets for the loss of lives of our own people. But still there is an ecosystem of overground workers and in this case also you have seen doctors, intellectuals who ...