Mumbai: A PIL has been filed in the Bombay
High Court, seeking inquiry into alleged lapses of the
bureaucrats and police who failed to avert blast in Pune on
February 13.
It is expected to come up for hearing this week.
Advocate V P Patil, the petitioner, has demanded that
compensation which would be paid to the kin of victims should
be recovered from those responsible for failing to avert the
tragedy.
"I have recorded Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's
statement on TV that intelligence regarding the threat was
provided to the state. If government can protect 'My Name Is
Khan', why it failed to protect citizens?" Patil said.
The Chief Secretary of the state, Director General of
Police, Pune Police Commissioner and Additional Chief
Secretary, Home Department, have been made respondents in the
petition.
Patil had earlier filed PIL, along with others, seeking
action against the (then) national security advisor for
failing to avert terrorist attack on Mumbai on November 26.
PTI
First Published: Monday, February 15, 2010, 21:14