May 22, 2010 8:20 AM

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Dantewada massacre: Officers transferred due to alleged lapses

The Central Reserve Police Force has shunted out Deputy Inspector General Nalin Prabhat and two other officers for their alleged lapses that led to the massacre of 75 CRPF personnel and one Chhattisgarh policeman by Maoists in Dantewada district. CRPF Director General Vikram Srivastava said that the decision has been taken after considering the E Rammohan Committee report and the court of inquiry conducted by the CRPF.<br/><br/>Apart from 42-year-old Prabhat, a 1993 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, the other two officials who have been sent out are Commandant AK Bisht and Inspector Sanjeev Bangre.<br/><br/>While Prabhat will be joining in Chandigarh, a charge he was already holding, Bisht has been moved to a training centre–Aradi in Orissa. Bangre has been shifted to Anantnag in Kashmir.<br/><br/>The CRPF Director General said a separate Court of Inquiry to be headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector General has been instituted against these three officers.<br/><br/>He said while R S Sahota will replace Mr Prabhat, Mr Ashok Swami will move in as Commandant of 62 batallion.<br/><br/>CRPF Inspector General in the Bastar region Ramesh Chandra, who retired on April 30, will also be facing a court of inquiry for his alleged commissions and omissions.<br/><br/>The Rammohan Committee had inquired into the April 6 incident in which 75 CRPF personnel and one Chhattisgarh policeman were gunned down by the Naxals in Chintalnar of Dantewada district.<br/><br/>The Committee had alleged that the planning of the operation had not been done properly.

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