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May 21, 2011, 12.58am IST
New Delhi/Mumbai: Stung by embarrassing goof-ups in Indias 50 most wanted list sent to Pakistan and the CBIs larger list of Interpol red corner notices,the Union government on Friday directed central agencies and all state police to thoroughly verify the status of all accused and put in place a mechanism to update the information at regular intervals.
Sources said the Union home ministry has set a three-month deadline for central agencies and state governments to vet the list of accused for bloopers and come up with a process of error-free updates.
These directions came a day after the Times of India reported that there were goofs galore in the CBI list of red-corner notices and three days after the TOI first broke the story that a man on the 50 most wanted list given to Pakistan was out on bail in Thane.
Despite admitting mistakes at different levels, secretary (internal security) in the home ministry U K Bansal said there was no plan to recall the list of '50 most wanted' sent to Pakistan. "The entire list is being reviewed. We have no plan to recall the list from Pakistan," he said. Officials in the home ministry said India would inform Pakistan about errors in the 'list of 50' through Interpol soon.
"This is the first step that we have taken. Some more action will be taken in the next 10 days to ensure that the list of wanted persons is error-free," an official said after the Union home ministry ordered a tooth-combing of wanted lists by central agencies and all state governments following a series of blunders were pointed out in the '50 most wanted' list given to Pakistan.
The steps came amid indications of a nudge from the Congress party to take action against those responsible for the various blunders. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi put on record the party's desire for action by saying that the matter was "serious" and accountability needed to be fixed.
On Friday, with embarrassment piling, the CBI pulled all its lists -- red-corner and general wanted persons-- off the internet as it rushed to update the database on suspected terrorists and other criminals. Visitors to the website saw the message, 'Temporarily taken off its list for updation,' when they attempted to access the lists. CBI sources said they pulled the lists after Union home minister P Chidambaram pulled up the investigating agency for the goof-ups.
The Union home ministry, CBI and other investigating agencies faced huge embarrassment when it was revealed that two men on the '50 most wanted' list given to Pakistan had been arrested by the Mumbai police and were in India. This list had been mainly compiled from the CBI's red-corner notice database. The TOI reported on Friday that four other men remained in the red-corner database despite being either dead or arrested.
The latest shocker, a seventh case, emerged on Friday when it was revealed that Rajkumar Meghen, leader of the United National Liberation Front, an insurgent group in the Northeast, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last year but remained on the red-corner list. The red-corner notice was issued against Meghen at the request of the Manipur police, but neither the state police nor the NIA informed the CBI about his arrest.
Regarding the earlier six cases, on Tuesday it was reported that Mulund blast accused Wazhul Kamar Khan, who India had told Pakistan was hiding in that country, was actually in Thane and out on bail. On Thursday it emerged that '93 serial blasts accused Feroze Abdul Rashid Khan aka Hamza, also in the '50 most wanted' list, is in Arthur Road jail. On Friday, it was reported that don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Noora still has a red-corner notice (RCN) against him, though he is dead. It is the same case with '93 blasts convict Ejaz Pathan, who died in jail in Mumbai.
Two Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) men also have RCNs against them, though one of them, Mohammed Abdul Shahed aka Shahed Bilal, is dead, and another, Saikh Abdul Khaja aka Mohammed Amjad, is in jail in Andhra Pradesh.
Government on Thursday suspended a junior inspector and transferred a superintendent and deputy superintendent of police from the CBI's Interpol division in New Delhi in the first damage-control step taken following revelations of the goof-ups.
The home ministry had shared the India's 50 'most wanted' list with Pakistan during home secretary-level talks between two countries here on March 28-29. India said the men on the list had sought shelter in Pakistan and demanded that they be sent home to face charges. The list was prepared by the CBI, NIA and other wings of the government in consultation with IB's counter-terror intelligence unit Multi-Agency Centre (MAC).
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May 21, 2011, 12.58am IST
New Delhi/Mumbai: Stung by embarrassing goof-ups in Indias 50 most wanted list sent to Pakistan and the CBIs larger list of Interpol red corner notices,the Union government on Friday directed central agencies and all state police to thoroughly verify the status of all accused and put in place a mechanism to update the information at regular intervals.
Sources said the Union home ministry has set a three-month deadline for central agencies and state governments to vet the list of accused for bloopers and come up with a process of error-free updates.
These directions came a day after the Times of India reported that there were goofs galore in the CBI list of red-corner notices and three days after the TOI first broke the story that a man on the 50 most wanted list given to Pakistan was out on bail in Thane.
Despite admitting mistakes at different levels, secretary (internal security) in the home ministry U K Bansal said there was no plan to recall the list of '50 most wanted' sent to Pakistan. "The entire list is being reviewed. We have no plan to recall the list from Pakistan," he said. Officials in the home ministry said India would inform Pakistan about errors in the 'list of 50' through Interpol soon.
"This is the first step that we have taken. Some more action will be taken in the next 10 days to ensure that the list of wanted persons is error-free," an official said after the Union home ministry ordered a tooth-combing of wanted lists by central agencies and all state governments following a series of blunders were pointed out in the '50 most wanted' list given to Pakistan.
The steps came amid indications of a nudge from the Congress party to take action against those responsible for the various blunders. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi put on record the party's desire for action by saying that the matter was "serious" and accountability needed to be fixed.
On Friday, with embarrassment piling, the CBI pulled all its lists -- red-corner and general wanted persons-- off the internet as it rushed to update the database on suspected terrorists and other criminals. Visitors to the website saw the message, 'Temporarily taken off its list for updation,' when they attempted to access the lists. CBI sources said they pulled the lists after Union home minister P Chidambaram pulled up the investigating agency for the goof-ups.
The Union home ministry, CBI and other investigating agencies faced huge embarrassment when it was revealed that two men on the '50 most wanted' list given to Pakistan had been arrested by the Mumbai police and were in India. This list had been mainly compiled from the CBI's red-corner notice database. The TOI reported on Friday that four other men remained in the red-corner database despite being either dead or arrested.
The latest shocker, a seventh case, emerged on Friday when it was revealed that Rajkumar Meghen, leader of the United National Liberation Front, an insurgent group in the Northeast, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last year but remained on the red-corner list. The red-corner notice was issued against Meghen at the request of the Manipur police, but neither the state police nor the NIA informed the CBI about his arrest.
Regarding the earlier six cases, on Tuesday it was reported that Mulund blast accused Wazhul Kamar Khan, who India had told Pakistan was hiding in that country, was actually in Thane and out on bail. On Thursday it emerged that '93 serial blasts accused Feroze Abdul Rashid Khan aka Hamza, also in the '50 most wanted' list, is in Arthur Road jail. On Friday, it was reported that don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Noora still has a red-corner notice (RCN) against him, though he is dead. It is the same case with '93 blasts convict Ejaz Pathan, who died in jail in Mumbai.
Two Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) men also have RCNs against them, though one of them, Mohammed Abdul Shahed aka Shahed Bilal, is dead, and another, Saikh Abdul Khaja aka Mohammed Amjad, is in jail in Andhra Pradesh.
Government on Thursday suspended a junior inspector and transferred a superintendent and deputy superintendent of police from the CBI's Interpol division in New Delhi in the first damage-control step taken following revelations of the goof-ups.
The home ministry had shared the India's 50 'most wanted' list with Pakistan during home secretary-level talks between two countries here on March 28-29. India said the men on the list had sought shelter in Pakistan and demanded that they be sent home to face charges. The list was prepared by the CBI, NIA and other wings of the government in consultation with IB's counter-terror intelligence unit Multi-Agency Centre (MAC).
"There were three rounds of meetings among officials of these organizations and due diligence was done before the list to be handed over to Pakistan. Unfortunately, the error happened and now we are trying our best to ensure a foolproof mechanism," an official said....http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JTS8yMDExLzA1LzIxI0FyMDAxMDQ=&Mode=Gif&Locale=english-skin-custom
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