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Patil’s home department faces heat
The Pradhan Committee has come down heavily on the R.R. Patil-led Home Department. It blamed red tape for the delay in police modernisation as well as the purchase of arms and ammunition before 26/11. It criticised the department for inept processing of intelligence inputs at the desk officer level.
The Pradhan Committee has come down heavily on the R.R. Patil-led Home Department.
It blamed red tape for the delay in police modernisation as well as the purchase of arms and ammunition before 26/11. It criticised the department for inept processing of intelligence inputs at the desk officer level.
Patil quit as deputy CM after the attacks last year. He was made home minister after the new government was sworn in 11 months after the attacks.
The reports said that a study of the police modernisation plan and purchases from 2004-05 to 2008-09 — Patil headed the department between 2004 and 2008 — reveals that lengthy procedures delayed purchases of ammunition, arms and equipment.
“There are other difficulties, like absence of approved testing laboratories and non-availability of special equipment... as well as delays in getting bill permission from the government,” it said.
Patil remained unavailable for comment.
