India admits security lapsesover Mumbai

INDIA acknowledged the Mumbai attacks had uncovered security lapses but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday evidence showed the strike originated on a neighbour’s soil, a clear reference to Pakistan.

The ruling Congress party-led coalition is under renewed criticism from the opposition that it is weak on security after the three-day rampage by 10 Islamic gunmen in India’s financial capital last week capped a series of bomb blasts this year.

“I would be less than truthful if I said there were no lapses,” new Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said. “These are being looked into.”