Even as the Chattisgarh police try to make sense out of the deadly naxal attack yesterday more glaring loop holes are coming out in the manner the situation was handled. The CrPF which has exclusive charge over the naxal menace had sanitised the area three hours prior to the attack, but were not around the area at the time of the attack.
There was ample intelligence to suggest that there would be a build up of naxalites in the area. The investigation suggests that there were more than 200 naxalites who had positioned themselves on a hillock.
The issue however is that the area was sanitised three hours prior to the attack, but none found traces of a deadly landmine that was planted. Police officials believe that the land mine made up of heavy Improvised Explosive Devices was placed about half an hour before the attack. This is why during the sanitisation process nothing was found, police sources informed.
For an atack of such a magnitude the CRPF was clearly missing. There were over 200 naxals who opened fire. There was retaliatory fire by the security part of the Congress convoy, but they ran out of ammunition. Even when the naxals approached the convoy they looked only for important leaders and a later on the spot inspection by the police found that the naxals had taken away all the mobiles during the attack thus virtually cutting off all means of communication. This helped them a great deal in prolonging the attack. No one was able to contact the state administration which could have pressed the CRPF into action as a result of this action.
Journalism for Vertebrates
Vicky Nanjappa 
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