India’s home minister Shivraj Patil became the first high-profile political casualty of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, offering his resignation on Sunday to take responsibility for the violence, which claimed at least 192 lives.

The move came amid growing recriminations against India’s government for its alleged laxity in tackling a wave of terrorist bombings that have swept most of the major cities, including the capital New Delhi and India’s Silicon Valley, Bangalore.