‘Maha DGP didnt share IB,RAW inputs with state intelligence’

The Maharashtra DGP received inputs from Central snoop agencies like IB and RAW on possible terror strikes prior to the 26/11 attacks but it was not shared with the state intelligence chief.

The Maharashtra DGP received inputs from Central snoop agencies like IB and RAW on possible terror strikes prior to the 26/11 attacks but it was not shared with the state intelligence chief,the Ram Pradhan Committee has said bringing out a glaring communication gap between the two.

Quoting the then chief of state intelligence,D Sivanandan,now city commissioner,the Committee report said,”Another glaring systemic loop hole was observed in the way intelligence from Central agencies is processed at the state level in the DGP’s establishment.”

Sivanandan told the Committee that despite he being the nodal authority on intelligence in the state,all central intelligence alerts come first to DGP/CP with no copy marked to him. He comes to know of such alerts only if the DGP marks a copy to him. Even proceedings of Multi Agency Centre (MAC) were not marked to him.

The State Intelligence Department (SID) under him was not aware of any intelligence alert on terrorism prior to November 26,2008 even though there were 17 alerts since August seven 2006 talking about the possibility of sea-borne attacks and of multiple and simultaneous attacks,including three others with the possibility of Fidayeen attacks.

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