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DNA report issue `minor clerical error`, says Chidambaram
Mumbai, Apr 15 (PTI) Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
Wednesday said the possible goof-up in sending identical DNA
reports of terrorists involved in 26/11 attack in Mumbai was a
"non-issue" and a "minor clerical error".
"Pakistan no longer denies that Mohammed Ajmal Kasab and
Abu Ismail (the two terrorists involved in the Mumbai terror
strikes) were its nationals," Chidambaram said alluding that
the goof-up may have occurred because the same photocopies of
the report might have been sent.
He also ruled out setting up a commission of inquiry into
the 26/11 attack.
"This is a minor clerical error which can be corrected.
Kasab is still alive. His DNA can be taken again while a dead
man's DNA is required only to know who the father or mother
is," he said.
While Kasab is the lone gunman captured alive in the
26/11 attack, Ismail was among the nine terrorists killed in
the operation by commandos.
The media reports had said that in a dossier sent to
Pakistan the DNA reports of arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal
Kasab and the slain terrorist Abu Ismail were identical.
DNA reports of both Ismail and Kasab are with the Mumbai
police, Chidambaram said, adding that there was no need for
commission of enquiry for 26/11 attack.
The Leader of Opposition L K Advani had demanded a
commission of inquiry into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
"The crime was committed on the streets of Mumbai. A
thorough chargesheet has already been filed. The state
government has ordered an internal inquiry into the incidents
and at the central level too, an internal review has been done
by me. A commission of inquiry will not give me more
information than I already have," the minister said.
To a question on why responsibility was not fixed at the
bureaucratic level into the lapses of 26/11 attacks,
Chidambaran said, "The buck stops at the political leadership.
The political level has already accepted the responsibility as
is done in a democracy."
He said his ministry was taking steps to close the
critical gap in intelligence and assessment sharing between
all security agencies.
"We need a motivated police force and police leadership
is very important. The NDA government, very mysteriously
slashed the recruitment target of IPS officers from 85 to 36
in 1998. I cannot fill the gap in one year and hence we have
taken a decision to recruit 130 IPS officers every year," the
home minister added. PTI
Wednesday said the possible goof-up in sending identical DNA
reports of terrorists involved in 26/11 attack in Mumbai was a
"non-issue" and a "minor clerical error".
"Pakistan no longer denies that Mohammed Ajmal Kasab and
Abu Ismail (the two terrorists involved in the Mumbai terror
strikes) were its nationals," Chidambaram said alluding that
the goof-up may have occurred because the same photocopies of
the report might have been sent.
He also ruled out setting up a commission of inquiry into
the 26/11 attack.
"This is a minor clerical error which can be corrected.
Kasab is still alive. His DNA can be taken again while a dead
man's DNA is required only to know who the father or mother
is," he said.
While Kasab is the lone gunman captured alive in the
26/11 attack, Ismail was among the nine terrorists killed in
the operation by commandos.
The media reports had said that in a dossier sent to
Pakistan the DNA reports of arrested terrorist Mohammed Ajmal
Kasab and the slain terrorist Abu Ismail were identical.
DNA reports of both Ismail and Kasab are with the Mumbai
police, Chidambaram said, adding that there was no need for
commission of enquiry for 26/11 attack.
The Leader of Opposition L K Advani had demanded a
commission of inquiry into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
"The crime was committed on the streets of Mumbai. A
thorough chargesheet has already been filed. The state
government has ordered an internal inquiry into the incidents
and at the central level too, an internal review has been done
by me. A commission of inquiry will not give me more
information than I already have," the minister said.
To a question on why responsibility was not fixed at the
bureaucratic level into the lapses of 26/11 attacks,
Chidambaran said, "The buck stops at the political leadership.
The political level has already accepted the responsibility as
is done in a democracy."
He said his ministry was taking steps to close the
critical gap in intelligence and assessment sharing between
all security agencies.
"We need a motivated police force and police leadership
is very important. The NDA government, very mysteriously
slashed the recruitment target of IPS officers from 85 to 36
in 1998. I cannot fill the gap in one year and hence we have
taken a decision to recruit 130 IPS officers every year," the
home minister added. PTI
