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New Delhi: Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta on Tuesday attributed the Mumbai terror attack to a "systemic failure" and said the navy had received no prior "actionable" intelligence reports.
"There was no actionable input. Actionable input is when there is [information on] a point in time and at a particular place," said Mehta, who along with the coastguard has come under fire after terrorists landed on the shores of Mumbai despite advance intelligence reports. Acknowledging the public's dissatisfaction, the navy chief said the situation needed to be assessed adequately.
"It [public outrage] is a serious issue. The security lapse is a systemic failure and it has to be taken stock of," Mehta said at the press conference ahead of Navy Day.
"The exchange of information is an ongoing and regular function. But information given should be actionable," Mehta said in his speech.
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Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta yesterday criticised the Indian electronic media for its allegedly unrestrained coverage of the Mumbai terror attack, including the live telecast of the anti-terror operation.
"It requires a certain amount of restraint when it is an ongoing operation. Do we really need to see it minute by minute? Because there are tactical implications," Mehta said while interacting with the media for the first time after the terrorist attacks last week.
"Everywhere the media is an enabling instrument, but here it is a disabling instrument," he lamented.
After sneaking into Mumbai on Wednesday night, at least 11 gunmen fired at people at a busy railway station and a popular cafe and held hostages at two luxury hotels and a Jewish centre.
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