The Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar has accepted that intelligence system did not have any specific information about Naxal violence of Darbha Ghati occurred on May 25 thereby wiping off many heavyweight Congress party leaders including former Pradesh Congress Committee President Nand Kumar Patel, former union minister VC Shukla, Mahendra Karma, Uday Mudliyar and others.
He was replying in written to question raised by BJP legislator Devji Bhai Patel, during the second day of ongoing Monsoon session. Devji Bhai Patel, BJP legislator from Dharsinwa who is known for taking stand raising question over Darbha Ghati incident asked, had the intelligence system any information about the Maoist attack on May 25IJ If yes then up to which official level were the inputs sharedIJ
Giving reply, the Home Minister (HM) informed that though intelligence system did not have any specific information about the Maoist violence of May 25, 2013 occurred in Darbha, the intelligence had the information about Naxal movement, camps, their training camps, ration supply etc.
The inputs were shared with concerned Superintendent of Police (SP), Range Inspector General of Police (IGP), IG (operations) CRPF, Task Force Commander Indian Air Force, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Chhattisgarh Armed Force/Naxal Operations/STF immediately.
The BJP legislator further asked, are the secret Naxal information reviewed by the office of Director General of Police (DGP) and administration at State levelIJ If yes then what action was taken by them after the attackIJ
He also questioned that which officer has the responsibility to liaisons between district police and paramilitary forces after any secrete information about Naxals is obtainedIJ And was the liaison done in this caseIJ
The home minister in the written reply informed at the Police Headquarters (PHQ) level every day the information gathered are disseminated on field level so that immediate action could be taken on them. In large scale anti-naxal operations i.e. inter range and inter-state at the PHQ level ADG Naxal Operations/CAF/STF liaisons the information.
From time to time a coordination meeting of Chhattisgarh Police and paramilitary forces is convened by DGP and ADG Naxal Operations/CAF/STF.
In the administration level every week the condition of law and order in State is reviewed. Since the matter in under judicial investigation it would be appropriate to comment over the action taken by them after the incident.
He further said on local level Station House Officers, Sub Divisional Officer of Police, liaison information between local police and paramilitary forces. At the district level Additional SP and SP and in inter-district level range IGP liaison the information.