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Friday, November 20, 2009

Mumbai Cop revelations

The Mumbai top cop during 26/11 attacks has revealed in an interview with a weekly magazine revealed the callous and unprofessional attitude of the policemen who are responsible in thwarting such militant attacks.

Excerpts from the article.................

Some of the top Mumbai police officers have been accused by their former boss of dithering from "responding to the situation" during the 26/11 attacks. Gafoor Hasan, the then Mumbai Police Commissioner, said, "a section of senior police officers refused to be on the ground and
take on the terrorists. By doing so, they chose to ignore the need of the hour."
Hasan alleged that "I told you there were a handful. For example, K L Prasad refused to come to the Trident and decided against hitting the roads. Devena Bharti, K Venkatesham and Karambhir Singh did not appear keen on responding to the situation as it kept dawning on us."
Prasad was then the Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) while Bharti was the Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime). Venkatesham was the Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region) and Singh was the Additional Commissioner of Police (Anti-Terrorism Squad). "Yes, there was dearth of eagerness on the part of a handful of senior officers to be on the ground during those days," said Gafoor.
Asked how he felt when let down by his own men and if there was a bigger embarrassment, Gafoor said "yes there was, indeed. On November 28, I attended a meeting with the DGP and Home Minister. I was told to withdraw the NSG and instead use the Mumbai police
for the ongoing operations."
"The DGP told me that the entire world was watching us and so we should put an immediate end to the siege and help defuse the crisis. This sounded ridiculous, as the NSG is an elite force that can tackle such crisis situation. I said it was even preposterous to even think of taking off the NSG," he stated.
"The first thing on my mind was, of course, to liquidate the terrorists or to restrict and compel them to a corner and then cordon off the targeted area -- all this to engineer the safe evacuation
of the people trapped inside," Gafoor said.
"Without the NSG it would not have been possible to even map the terrorists' movement inside
those built-up areas, let alone take them head on and overpower them ultimately," he stated.

What does the interview mean? What is the truth behind the 26/11 attacks? What else is being hidden? What is the action, if any, taken against the officers being accused of inaction?

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