Terming the Kandhamal firing incident, in which five civilians were killed and many sustained serious injuries, as very unfortunate, Utkal Bharat president Kharabela Swain on Wednesday said security personnel can’t behave like Maoists, who kill both police and civilians mercilessly.
Swain, however, said police can’t be fully blamed for the Kandhamal tragedy. “Police are also sacrificing lives to protect civilians from Maoists. They need to be extra conscious so that civilians would remain safe, for which they are fighting with Maoists. We should not blame the police for the unintended Kandhamal incident,” opined Swain in a statement.
Swain, without naming the BJP or the Congress, said the parties which are trying to take political mileage from the incident should remember that such incidents are also happening in the States ruled by them.