26 May 2013
New Delhi: The
National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the Maoist attack on
Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh after the Centre received a go-ahead
from Chief Minister Raman Singh for the same.
"I have spoken to
Raman Singh and he has agreed for probe by NIA and he has agreed to the
probe by the central agency", Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
told PTI today over phone from New York.
Mr Shinde said he has asked Union Home Secretary R K Singh to proceed accordingly in the matter.Mr Shinde said he has briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the decision to hand over the investigation to NIA.
Heavily-armed
Maoists had on Saturday ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in
Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, killing 27 people including Congress
leader Mahendra Karma, PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh and
ex-MLA Uday Mudliyar and injuring 32 others, including former union
minister V C Shukla.
VC Shukla
