Mumbai police had thought the main handlers of terrorists who perpetrated the 26/11 terror attacks were hiding in the western metropolis, till central security agencies traced the callers to Pakistan, the Ram Pradhan Committee report has said.
"It was through fortuitous circumstances that this cell phone link with Pakistan-based handlers was detected. Before this was unearthed, the Mumbai police believed that the main handler was hiding in one of the locations in Mumbai itself," the report said.
The report, commenting on the communication links used by the terrorists said, "Two serious unprecedented problems encountered in Mumbai were, operational control of terrorist attack from abroad through cell phones and competitive visual media coverage which often helped the terrorists."
The report, which went into the events related to the 26/11 attacks, has also suggested the Mumbai police to upgrade its capabilities to tap cellular conversations.
The committee said experiences of the attacks calls for closer liaison between police and mobile service providers.
"This experience would suggest necessary or closer liaison between Mumbai city police and mobile service providers, which might be of use to detect any such link.
"However, Mumbai police must upgrade their own monitoring capability for detecting such suspicious cellular communications," it said.
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