Intelligence alerts treated casually: Pradhan panel

Nagpur, Dec 22 (PTI) The Ram Pradhan Commission which
probed the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks has found that the
intelligence alerts provided by Central agencies were treated
"casually" and "mechanically forwarded" to operational units
by the DGP office, Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Home
Department.

The Commission's report, which was tabled in the
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Monday, said the intelligence
alerts were forwarded by the DGP office, sometimes with a
semi-official letter.
It also noted that there was a total confusion in the
processing of intelligence alert at the state government
level.
The Chief Secretary normally passes the alerts from the
Intelligence Bureau or Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to the
state Home Department.
Both Additional Chief Secretaries (Home) and Principal
Secretary (Home) initially deposed before the panel that they
had not received any intelligence inputs from the MHA.
However, the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP)
had furnished copies of several important intelligence inputs
issued by MHA addressed to the Chief Secretary and Home
Secretary.
The panel noted a serious lapse that the Additional Chief
Secretary (Home) was not handling the sensitive communications
and intelligence inputs directly but entrusted the job to a
junior-level officer. (MORE) PTI JOE
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