The newly-constituted National Investigation Agency (NIA) that came into force on Thursday is unlikely to conduct the probe the Mumbai terror attacks, say Home ministry officials while lauding the investigations into the macabre terror attack being conducted by the Mumbai Police.
"At this point when investigations are progressing smoothly under Mumbai's crime branch and a lot of evidence has come out, we do not want to change horses midstream," an unnamed home ministry functionary was quoted as saying by IANS.
The identities of the 10 attackers and their handlers have been established and with the help of international agencies evidence has been gathered on the coordinates of the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls made to the terrorists during the attacks.
"The probe so far seems to be heading in the right direction and at this point there will not be any difficulty in filing the charge sheet within the stipulated time," the bureaucrat said.
The NIA, according to sources, is expected to take over some terror related cases including the Samjhauta Express train bombing in 2007; the April 2006 twin blasts at New Delhi's Jama Masjid and at the Ajmer shrine of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in October 2007, which still continue to baffle terror investigation agencies.
Home Minister P Chidambaram says the NIA director-general would be named in a few days. The minister is expected to share his idea on the functioning of the NIA with chief ministers and state Directors General of Police at a meeting in New Delhi next week and allay any doubts over functioning of the agency.
Other issues, including the presence of NIA units in states will also be discussed during the meeting.
Since taking over the Home Ministry, Chidambaram has stressed on the need to fix accountability and on an effective feedback system every time threat perceptions are relayed to relevant quarters.
He was instrumental in the large-scale changes in the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which will collate intelligence inputs, assess them and disseminate intelligence reports to security forces.
"At this point when investigations are progressing smoothly under Mumbai's crime branch and a lot of evidence has come out, we do not want to change horses midstream," an unnamed home ministry functionary was quoted as saying by IANS.
The identities of the 10 attackers and their handlers have been established and with the help of international agencies evidence has been gathered on the coordinates of the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls made to the terrorists during the attacks.
"The probe so far seems to be heading in the right direction and at this point there will not be any difficulty in filing the charge sheet within the stipulated time," the bureaucrat said.
The NIA, according to sources, is expected to take over some terror related cases including the Samjhauta Express train bombing in 2007; the April 2006 twin blasts at New Delhi's Jama Masjid and at the Ajmer shrine of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in October 2007, which still continue to baffle terror investigation agencies.
Home Minister P Chidambaram says the NIA director-general would be named in a few days. The minister is expected to share his idea on the functioning of the NIA with chief ministers and state Directors General of Police at a meeting in New Delhi next week and allay any doubts over functioning of the agency.
Other issues, including the presence of NIA units in states will also be discussed during the meeting.
Since taking over the Home Ministry, Chidambaram has stressed on the need to fix accountability and on an effective feedback system every time threat perceptions are relayed to relevant quarters.
He was instrumental in the large-scale changes in the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which will collate intelligence inputs, assess them and disseminate intelligence reports to security forces.
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