Rap for former police chief Gafoor

He claimed four of his officers refused to join the anti-terror effort on 26/11. But when the Ram Pradhan Committee report became public on Monday, it was former police commissioner Hasan Gafoor who was at the receiving end.

He claimed four of his officers refused to join the anti-terror effort on 26/11.

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But when the Ram Pradhan Committee report became public on Monday, it was former police commissioner Hasan Gafoor who was at the receiving end.

The report has criticised Gafoor for not staying at the control room as the attack progressed.

“On [the] occasion of a crisis such as Mumbai faced, the CP should have been in the command centre in the control room,” the report states, adding that this might have helped prevent the chaos and duplication of efforts as various police units struggled to respond to the crisis.

Gafoor, no longer head of Mumbai police, was shunted to the post of director general (Housing) two months after the attack.