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Govt to probe Naxal strike

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Press Trust Of India New Delhi

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.

 

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First Published: Apr 09 2010 | 1:20 AM IST

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