Highlights of the Pradhan Committee report

New Delhi: Some of the highlights of RD 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.

IANS