Govt failed to process RAW inputs on Mumbai attack

ALL RAW: Even after specific inputs, security agencies failed to act in time to stop Mumbai terror attack.

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New Delhi: Intelligence failure is one of the reasons why terrorists were able to attack Mumbai with such a relative ease, say the police

Reports now suggest that there were specific intelligence inputs but they simply were not followed through to stop the terrorists before they attacked Mumbai.

A massive intelligence goof-up allowed a 10-member Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist group to hit Mumbai.

Senior officials of India's external intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) have confirmed specific intelligence inputs were sent to the Navy and Coast Guard.

In September, RAW intercepted a satellite phone conversation between Mohammad Muzammil, a known Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and a local unknown contact in Mumbai.

It revealed a terror plot by the sea route to target a hotel at the Gateway of India. Other sea-front hotels in Mumbai were to be targetted as well.

This information was passed on to the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which passed it on to Maharashtra police. But Director general of Police (Maharashtra) AN Roy maintained there was no specific input. Also Mumbai Police Commissioner Hassan Gafoor even ruled out the possibility of local logistical support.

"I had no specific intelligence warning about this," Gafoor had said on Tuesday.

On November 19, RAW's technical intelligence came up with another input that should have activated all security agencies in India.

A monitored satellite phone conversation revealed a group of unknown people will be "reaching Bombay between 9 (2100 hrs IST) and 11 (2300 hrs IST) PM". The signal was located 60 km from the Karachi coast.

A RAW spy plane also made visual confirmation of the ship. The ship is believed to be Al Hussaini on which LeT terrorists had set sail from a small port, Azizabad, near Karachi.