No commission will be appointed to probe Mumbai attacks: Govt

New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) The Indian government Friday
rejected the Opposition's demand for appointing an Inquiry
Commission into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks saying it was
"surprising" that it was being made six months after the
terror strike.

"I don't think there is a need for a Commission of
Inquiry. We are not going to appoint it," Home Minister P
Chidambaram told reporters.

He was asked to comment on the Opposition's demand for
for a commission to look into the Mumbai attacks.

"I am amused by that demand... so far as the Mumbai
attacks of 26/11 is concerned, we have all the facts. I have
gone into all the records and we are quite clear on how it
happened and I have shared it with the House," he said.

The Home Minister said to demand a Commission of Inquiry
six months after the event was "surprising".

"Besides, I would like to ask, did the NDA government
appoint a Commission of Inquiry after Kandahar? Did they
appoint a Commission of Inquiry after Parliament was attacked?
I don't think that these kind of statements are going to help
the situation," he added.

Chidambaram said the role of such commissions is to
instruct the government when it does not know the facts or is
not in possession of the facts.

He noted that the Pradhan Report has also clarified facts
on the events relating to the attacks.

Earlier Friday, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
(Lower House of Indian Parliament) L K Advani described the
Mumbai attacks as an "invasion on India" launched from
Pakistan and demanded setting up of an inquiry commission at
central level to determine what went wrong and suggest steps
to prevent recurrence of such terror strikes. PTI NAB
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