NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has recommended to the Chhattisgarh government that action should be taken against two IPS officers, including the Bastar IG, for alleged lapses in connection with the Maoist massacre of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Dantewada.

In a letter to the Chhattisgarh government, the Ministry said the report of E N Rammohan, who probed the April 6 killing of 75 CRPF personnel and a local policeman by the Naxals, found lapses on the part of IG Mr T J Longkumer and Dantewada        Superintendent of Police Mr Amresh Mishra.
“We have recommended that action should be taken against Longkumer and Mishra as there were lapses on their part. As both the officers are serving in Chhattisgarh, it is the responsibility of the state government to take action,” an official said.
While Mr Longkumer is a 1991 batch IPS officer, Mr Mishra belongs to 2005 batch. Deputy Inspector General of the Bastar range Mr K S Prasad Kalluri, who was present at the planning of the operation which led to the worst-ever tragedy in the history of CRPF, has surprisingly escaped the wrath of the government.
CRPF has already shunted out its Deputy Inspector General Nalin Prabhat and two other officers for their alleged lapses. The decision has been taken after considering the Rammohan Committee report and the court of inquiry conducted by the CRPF. The Rammohan Committee had inquired into the April 6 incident in which 76 security personnel were gunned down by the Naxals in Chintalnar of Dantewada district.
The Committee had alleged that the planning of the operation had not been done properly.
Meanwhile, the Home Minister Mr P Chidambaram on Saturday took stock of the deployment of CRPF personnel across the country, especially in the Naxal-affected states, and reviewed the force’s operational strategy.
During the over two-hour meeting at the CRPF headquarters here with the force top brass, Mr Chidambaram also had a detailed discussion on the report of Rammohan Committee. The Home Minister is also understood to have sought information related to latest patten of Naxal violence and what steps could be taken to deal with the situation, sources said.