MUMBAI -- Rakesh Maria, a baggy-eyed 50-year-old cop whose
investigative skills have inspired at least one Bollywood movie,
is in the spotlight again as lead investigator into last week's
terror attacks.  The city's crime branch chief -- his title is
Mumbai joint commissioner of police -- is in charge of building
the case against the lone suspect captured alive in the gun and
grenade assaults that killed 171 people.  Rakesh Maria, Mumbai's
top cop DNA-Daily News & Analysis  He must also try to extract
enough information to prevent new strikes on a city rattled and
bitter over the government's inability to protect the populace.
Greater Mumbai, population 18 million, is home to India's
richest men, its hot Bollywood film industry and a thriving
criminal underworld. Yet most of the city's poorly paid cops are
armed with nothing more than bamboo canes.  "One part of the
investigation is to find out who did it," Mr. Maria said in an
interview. "But another is to find out how something like this
can be prevented."