Chidambaram takes stock of CRPF deployment, operational strategy

Home minister P Chidambaram today 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, Chidambaram also had a detailed discussions on the report of Rammohan Committee which had inquired into the April six incident in which 75 CRPF personnel were killed by the Naxals in Chhattisgarh.

The home minister is also understood to have sought information related to latest patten of Naxal violence and discussed what steps could be taken to deal with the situation, sources said.

Chidambaram's visit to CPRF headquarters came a day after the paramilitary force shunted out its deputy inspector general Nalin Prabhat and two other officers for their alleged lapses in the Dantewada tragedy after considering the Rammohan Committee report.