Mumbai: Former Mumbai police commissioner
Hassan Gafoor's alleged remarks accusing four senior police
officers of dereliction of duty during the Mumbai attacks "do
not fit into police discipline", Maharashtra Chief Minister
Ashok Chavan said on Monday.
"The remarks do not fit into police department's
discipline," Chavan told reporters here this evening.
Asked if the government has ordered an inquiry into
the alleged remarks, he said, "We will see what can be done
about it."
"The views could have been expressed by using other
platform, instead of airing them through media," Chavan said.
Home Minister R R Patil has directed Additional Chief
Secretary (Home) Chandra Iyengar to conduct an inquiry into
the matter.
Gafoor, in an interview to a news magazine, had
reportedly said "a section of senior police officers refused
to be on the ground and take on the terrorists. By doing so,
they chose to ignore the need of the hour."
Gafoor was Mumbai Police chief during the attacks in
November last year which lasted for nearly 60 hours.
PTI
First Published: Monday, November 23, 2009, 20:09