Govt to probe Naxal strike
Acknowledging that “something went wrong” in the worst-ever Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh, the government on Thursday decided to set up an inquiry into the incident that claimed the lives of 76 security personnel.
“We have taken a decision to institute an inquiry into what went wrong,” Home Minister P Chidambaram told reporters on a volley of questions on Tuesday’s attack in the jungles of Dantewada district in Chattisgarh.
Noting that there would be a time-frame for the inquiry, he said, “I maintain what I said yesterday that something went wrong. We have to find that out”.
Chidambaram was briefing reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, but refused to divulge what was discussed there.