Autopsy report says only five died of bulletsBy U Sudhakar Reddy
Only five out of 24 Greyhound personnel died of bullet injuries sustained during last Sunday’s attack by Maoists at the Balimela reservoir in Orissa, according to autopsy reports.
The other 19 personnel drowned in water. Forensic doctors found that these bodies had water-logged lungs. There were no bullet injuries on their bodies.
Post-mortem tests are still to be done on the bodies 13 other Greyhounds killed in the attack.
An Intelligence official said that the personnel drowned either because they did not know to swim or because they were trapped in the launch which sank within minutes.
The senior forensic medicine expert, Dr K Narayana Reddy, said, “They may have been trapped in the cabin while taking cover. It takes two to four minutes for death by drowning to occur.” The government meanwhile has still not appointed an inquiry into the inci dent. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, had last Monday announced that a probe will be conducted by a senior police officer.
The Special Intelligence Branch and the state police headquarters in their internal inquiries have found “negligence” of the illfated Greyhounds party and “lack of communication” between Vizag district police officials and the state police.
Information about the Greyhounds operation was not communicated to the top officials both at Visakhapatnam and at the state police headquarters.
“The enquiry will basically look into whether the Greyhounds group commandant, Mr Vineet Brijlal, and the Vishakapatnam SP, Mr Akun Sabharwal, passed on information about the Greyhounds operation to senior officials.” “The Chief Minister is away in the Maldives. The inquiry may be appointed after he returns,” an Intelligence official told this correspondent
The other 19 personnel drowned in water. Forensic doctors found that these bodies had water-logged lungs. There were no bullet injuries on their bodies.
Post-mortem tests are still to be done on the bodies 13 other Greyhounds killed in the attack.
An Intelligence official said that the personnel drowned either because they did not know to swim or because they were trapped in the launch which sank within minutes.
The senior forensic medicine expert, Dr K Narayana Reddy, said, “They may have been trapped in the cabin while taking cover. It takes two to four minutes for death by drowning to occur.” The government meanwhile has still not appointed an inquiry into the inci dent. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, had last Monday announced that a probe will be conducted by a senior police officer.
The Special Intelligence Branch and the state police headquarters in their internal inquiries have found “negligence” of the illfated Greyhounds party and “lack of communication” between Vizag district police officials and the state police.
Information about the Greyhounds operation was not communicated to the top officials both at Visakhapatnam and at the state police headquarters.
“The enquiry will basically look into whether the Greyhounds group commandant, Mr Vineet Brijlal, and the Vishakapatnam SP, Mr Akun Sabharwal, passed on information about the Greyhounds operation to senior officials.” “The Chief Minister is away in the Maldives. The inquiry may be appointed after he returns,” an Intelligence official told this correspondent
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