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India admits security lapses in Mumbai attacks
Raju Gopalakrishnan
Reuters
Friday, Dec 05, 2008
India's new home minister admitted on Friday there
had been security lapses surrounding last week's Mumbai attacks,
which New Delhi has blamed on militants from neighbouring Pakistan.
The ruling Congress party-led coalition has been
under fire over what the opposition says is its weakness on security,
after a series of bomb blasts this year in cities was capped by
the three-day rampage by 10 Islamist gunmen in India's financial
capital.
"I would be less than truthful if I said there were no lapses,"
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters in Mumbai.
"These are being looked into. We will address the causes
that led to the lapses."
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Chidambaram took over the post on Sunday after predecessor Shivraj
Patil quit. Elections are due by May and analysts say Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh must demonstrate decisive action to counter
criticism over security.
Underscoring the collective jitters after the attacks, gunshot-like
sounds heard at New Delhi's international airport early on Friday
sparked a security scare. Police said no one was hurt.
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