Dantewada report indicts senior officers

The Chhattisgarh police have not fully support the central paramilitary forces and therefore do not affect 06.04 Maoist attack in which 76 security workers were killed, a government appointed group investigations in Dantewada massacre, are well informed source said Monday.

The probe by EN Rammohan Committee has stressed the Chhattisgarh police inconsistency and their alleged lack of support for the central paramilitary forces in anti-Maoist operations in the state, said sources.

According to sources, perhaps the top police officials in Dantewada for convening Union Interior Ministry in Delhi for the "away."

"It has been found that the police support , CRPF personnel was less than desired," one official said, strictly speaking on condition of anonymity.

"There are indication in the report indicate that the CRPF team derived from the assigned patrol task within a specific grid, moving in and around the area on their own when they were attacked by the Naxals" the official said.

The report, presented to the Interior Ministry on Saturday, has suggested a new look "tactical" security operations against Maoist rebels.

Rammohan, a former Border Security Force (BSF) head and a veteran of the anti-militant operation in Kashmir and the northeast, told IANS that the report was "prepared and presented," according to the limit, which ended Saturday.

"I'm sorry; I do not have permission to talk about the results. They are classified, "Rammohan said, and refused to disclose details of the report.

The probe board head toured ambush place in Dantewada forest and met with civilian, police and paramilitary officials, villagers and wounded soldiers. He also met Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh last week to discuss anti-Maoist operations.

He has analyzed data on mobile phone calls made by the CRPF personnel during the attack.

Rammohan was chosen as a one-man panel to investigate the Dantewada massacre two days after the attack.
The panel's mandate included determining the sequence of events that led to the massacre and analysis and authority structure of security personnel there.