A high-level committee appointed by the Maharashtra government to go into the Mumbai terror strikes has found serious lapses on the part of the then Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor in handling the war-like "multi-pronged attack. However, the two-member committee did not find any serious lapses to act or react on the part of individual officers and police men of the Mumbai Police. The report prepared by former Governor and Union Home Secretary R D Pradhan said, there was absence of overt leadership on the part of Hasan Gafoor, and lack of visible Command and Control at his office.<br/><br/>The report tabled by Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil in the State Assembly on Monday said, the Committee found several lacunae in working, both within Mantralaya, the state secretariat, and the police establishment. The report said the "war-like" attack was beyond the capacity of any police set up. It had to be tackled by specialised forces such as the National Security Guards. The committee did not find any failure to act on inputs provided by the central intelligence agencies. <br/><br/>The committee recommended that the Quick Response Teams formed in 2003 should be urgently upgraded and strengthened to promptly and effectively counter such attacks, till more specialised forces come on the scene. The State Home Minister informed the House that a 16-member panel, comprising the chief minister and himself, will study all aspects of the report including its "leakage" in media.
News On AIR | December 21, 2009 9:15 PM
Pradhan Committee on 26/11 finds serious lapses on Gafoor’s part