Shinde calls Maoist attack ‘act of terror’
31 May 2013 10:48 PM GMT
Calling the Maoist attack in Chattisgarh ‘an act of terror’, Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday said that prima facie there have been some security lapses that led to the ambush.
Shinde visited Chhattisgarh for a review of the security situation in Bastar after the deadly massacre on 25 May that killed several top Congress leaders, including the state party president.
‘The incident should not be repeated, that’s what we want. We have taken joint operations - of state government and the Central forces. And whatever assistance is required will be given,’ Shinde told reporters at a press conference in Raipur.
‘We will fight together. We were thinking, there would be another way... (But) terror is the only word for this, none other. Several Congress leaders were eliminated in this. There would be a full inquiry. A judicial inquiry too has been ordered,’ he added.
‘All states should make special forces on the lines of Grey Hounds in Andhra Pradesh,’ Shinde said before leaving.
Shinde had reached Chhattisgarh earlier in the day, six days after the attack on the Congress convoy in Darbha ghati in which at least 24 people were killed. Shinde met the families of the attack victims, including that of slain Salwa Judum founder Mahendra Karma and state Congress president Nand Kumar Patel in Nandeli.
Karma was main target of the Naxals and he met a very brutal and gruesome end as the rebels stabbed him at least 75 times and also fired at him after taking him away from the attack site.
Nand Kumar Patel’s body also had bullet and stab wounds, but less than Karma. According to the post-mortem report, Dinesh Patel had an axe like wound on his head and also had injuries from bullets and stabbing.
The home minister then headed towards Raipur where he met the some other people injured in the attack. Shinde had on Thursday defended his absence in the wake of the attacks citing medical reasons.
Shinde visited Chhattisgarh for a review of the security situation in Bastar after the deadly massacre on 25 May that killed several top Congress leaders, including the state party president.
‘The incident should not be repeated, that’s what we want. We have taken joint operations - of state government and the Central forces. And whatever assistance is required will be given,’ Shinde told reporters at a press conference in Raipur.
‘We will fight together. We were thinking, there would be another way... (But) terror is the only word for this, none other. Several Congress leaders were eliminated in this. There would be a full inquiry. A judicial inquiry too has been ordered,’ he added.
‘All states should make special forces on the lines of Grey Hounds in Andhra Pradesh,’ Shinde said before leaving.
Shinde had reached Chhattisgarh earlier in the day, six days after the attack on the Congress convoy in Darbha ghati in which at least 24 people were killed. Shinde met the families of the attack victims, including that of slain Salwa Judum founder Mahendra Karma and state Congress president Nand Kumar Patel in Nandeli.
Karma was main target of the Naxals and he met a very brutal and gruesome end as the rebels stabbed him at least 75 times and also fired at him after taking him away from the attack site.
Nand Kumar Patel’s body also had bullet and stab wounds, but less than Karma. According to the post-mortem report, Dinesh Patel had an axe like wound on his head and also had injuries from bullets and stabbing.
The home minister then headed towards Raipur where he met the some other people injured in the attack. Shinde had on Thursday defended his absence in the wake of the attacks citing medical reasons.
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