This may come in as a shocker, or may be not. Among the 6000-odd files that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation admits are missing, are files pertaining to important installations in the terror-sensitive city.

This may come in as a shocker, or maybe not. Among the 6000-odd files that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation admits are missing, are files pertaining to important installations in terror-sensitive Mumbai.

Design plans, blueprints and building files of several vital buildings in Mumbai, including the Taj Mahal hotel, an oil company installation, and the Royal Opera House have gone missing from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the Times of India reported on Tuesday.

What comes as a bigger shocker is that these files, including ones pertaining to the Taj Mahal hotel, went missing before the 26/11 attacks, where the hotel was among the main targets, an RTI has revealed.

RTI activist Sharad Yadav, whose query revealed the information, told the Times of India that the revelation gives the whole issue a new dimension.

"The plans went missing in 2006 and the Taj was attacked by terrorists in 2008. This is a cause for serious concern," Yadav told Times of India.

BMC officials, have reportedly refused to comment on the matter saying the issue was being discussed in the BMC assembly.

Clearly, this goes beyond corruption and petty builder-government nexus issues. It is a serious breach of security. Will the government step-up and take the issue seriously? Is tackling terrorism even on the government's agenda? It's anybody's guess.

You can read the entire TOI story here.