New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has sought a report from Chhattisgarh government after blood-stained uniforms and shoes of some of the CRPF personnel who were killed in the Sukma Naxal attack were on Wednesday found in a garbage bin on the hospital premises.
“After the incident, the bodies got stiff and during the post-mortem the doctor removed uniforms through blade and put them into a bin. These uniforms are case property and are supposed to be handed over to the local police,” DG CRPF RC Tayal said.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG), CRPF, Pradeep Chandra said a probe would be conducted in this regard.
Meanwhile, the dean of Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial hospital, Vivek Chaudhary, said, “After a post-mortem is performed, the viscera and other remains are preserved and not kept openly. The video that I saw today (of the blood-stained uniforms left lying in the open) is very unfortunate.
The hospital staff however, tried to pass the buck over the incident claiming that no one came to collect the uniforms. “It is the duty of the attendants of the deceased to collect their belongings but no officer from the CRPF was present during the post-mortem yesterday. In fact, no one came to collect the belongings until this morning,” Dean of Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial hospital Dr Vivek Chaudhary said.
Maoists on Monday gunned down 14 CRPF troopers engaged in an operation aimed at flushing out the rebels from a thickly forested area of Chhattisgarh. The incident took place near Chintagufa area in Sukma district. The attack site is about 500 km south of capital Raipur. The area is cut off from all communication networks.
The deadly attack, the worst in months, also killed two officers – a deputy commandant and an assistant commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday that the central government was firmly committed to tackling Left-wing extremism and was implementing a multi-pronged strategy for the purpose.
Bureau Report
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