Highlights of the Pradhan Committee report (To go with ‘Aerial strikes are Mumbai’s next worry’)

Some of the highlights of R.D. Pradhan Committee report are:

- Police lacked equipment and strategy and were not able to counter well-trained and fully-equipped terrorists;

- Mumbai’s policemen had not been given regular firing practice since September 2007;

- There was lack of cohesion and communication in the internal working of then Mumbai Police Commissioner Hassan Gafoor’s office;

- Gafoor should have taken the lead and handled the situation from the police control room rather than locating his operational control near Trident Hotel;

- Counter-terror operations lacked visible leadership;

- The structure of the anti-terrorist squad and its operations are in a confused state.

- There was serious lapse on the part of much of the individuals as of the system in place.