Gadchiroli attack: Officials say lack of coordination

Its true that it was a result of lack of coordination. We moved so many companies and thousands of security personnel during the recent zilla parishad elections,but nothing happened. Clearly,this was an avoidable lapse, said another officer.

The last road-opening along the ill-fated stretch of road was done in February,which means the IED was planted in the past one month,sources said. Asked how Naxals could think that they had a chance there on Tuesday,a senior official said,They knew the civic action programme had been organised at Gatta. And they seized their chance to strike when the CRPF made the mistake.