Cops conducting inquiry into Naxal attack case: ADG Rajinder Singh
| Date :05-May-2019 |
Staff Reporter:
Top brass of State police has ordered an inquiry into the case of dastardly attack on police personnel by banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) operatives in Jambhul Kheda, in which 15 jawans of Quick Response Team of Gadchiroli Police were martyred. Cops will probe the incident to ascertain reasons so that such incidents would not be repeated in future. Statements of more than 15 police personnel were recorded so far and the inquiry would be completed within next two- days, informed Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Special Operations Rajinder Singh on Saturday. Interacting with mediapersons at Nagpur after camping at Gadchiroli for three-day, Rajinder Singh said, “We are trying to ascertain whether the earlier incident of arson the same day of attack was a bait,” he said.
The QRT was moving towards where the 27 vehicles were burnt. The exact cause of the attack was not known then. The agencies are now looking into possibility if it was a bait to attack the police party, he said. The investigators are also studying whether Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was followed or not and availability of intelligence inputs. “We are taking review of the entire episode to arrive at some conclusion,” he said and added that action would be initiated if someone found guilty.
The ADG also added that police had managed to gain a upper hand in Gadchiroli district in recent years. “There was drop in movement of Naxals after last year’s encounter of 40 Naxalites,” he claimed and added that Maharashtra Police suffered a heavy loss of jawans in this attack. Police will retaliate in the district, he assured.
Police register case against Naxal leader, 40 others Gadchiroli Police have registered a case against Naxal leader Bhaskar Hichkani and over 40 others in connection with the blast in Gadchiroli district in which 15 policemen and a driver were killed. Ramco alias Kamla Manku Narote, 46, Divisional Committee Member of Gatta Dalam of the Naxals, was killed in an encounter with police in Gadchiroli district on April 27. She was carrying a reward of Rs 16 lakh on her head.