Responsibility for Dantewada will be fixed: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Admitting that the Dantewada
massacre was a failure of command and control, Indian Home
Minister P Chidambaram Monday said responsibility for the
lapse will be fixed right up to his level.
He also ruled out use of Army and Air Force in the naxal
affected areas but said government was examining whether a
special force could be used to supplement the para military
forces.
The use of aircraft could be considered for surveillance,
logistics and evacuation. "There is no proposal to use Army or
Air Force against naxals," he said.
Replying to a debate in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of
Indian Parliament) on the Dantewada incident, in central
Indian state of Chattisgarh, in which 76 security personnel
were killed early this month, Chidambaram said "surely action
will be taken based on the report" (of the one-man committee
going into what went wrong that led to the massacre).
He said the preliminary inquiry showed the incident was a
result of "terrible failure of command and control" and added
that he has asked the Ram Mohan panel to "fix responsibility"
right from the Assistant Commandant up to the Union Home
Minister.
The report is expected to come by April 25, he said. PTI
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