Nagpur: Under pressure to make bureaucracy and top police brass too accountable for any lapses leading to Mumbai terror attacks, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced a high-level probe against Director General of Police AN Roy and Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor.
The announcement by Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on the floor of the assembly came two days after the Union Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, told a meeting of the Union Cabinet that after political heads rolled bureaucrats and security officials also needed to come under the scanner. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), an ally of Congress, is a junior ruling coalition partner in Maharashtra and at the Centre.
The Opposition Shiv Sena-BJP on Tuesday demanded the removal of Roy, Ghafoor as well as Home Secretary Chitkala Zutshi accusing them of being responsible for the alleged lapses that led to the November 26 carnage.
Chavan's announcement about the probe came after Home Minister Jayant Patil replied to a debate on the Mumbai terror attack in the House.
Maharashtra government will set up a special court in consultation with Chief Justice of Bombay High Court to try cases related to the terror attack.
The chargesheet against perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack will be filed within 60 days, he said, adding eminent Advocate Ujwal Nikam has been appointed as special public prosecutor in the case.
The government would also set up a state security council under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Patil said.
On Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh directed the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar to look into the issue raised by Pawar tticians who always have to bear the brunt whenever any incident like Mumbai attacks takes place.
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