By NNN-PTI,
New Delhi : Investigators have picked up certain clues in connection with the terror attacks in Mumbai, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said here Thursday but refused to share details.
“We have certain information but it is premature information. It will not be proper to share premature information as it may compromise the ongoing operations,” he told reporters after a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Singh is expected to visit Mumbai in a day or two, Patil said, adding the Prime Minister was in touch with Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
“We are ready to extend all help to the Maharashtra government. The Centre had sent naval commandos as also NSG commandos to help Mumbai police in the anti-terror operations,” Patil said.
The Cabinet condemned the terror attacks in Mumbai as “dastardly” and expressed sympathy with the victims.
The bravery of senior police officers Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamte, Vijay Salaskar and others who were killed in the encounter with terrorists came in for special mention during the meeting.
Patil briefed the the Cabinet about the situation in Mumbai, where he said operations against terrorists were on at three places in the commercial capital.
The Home Minister parried questions on whether it was an intelligence failure and said that the Centre has inputs regarding terrorist activities.