NIA did not submit report on Chattisgarh incident: DIG

Hyderabad, June 4: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday dismissed the reports that appeared in a section of media stating that the NIA has submitted a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the progress in investigation in the case related to attack on the Congress Parivartan rally at Jeeram Ghati (PS Dharbha), Jagdalpur, Chattisgarh by naxalites which resulted in killing of 26 persons.

NIA’s DIG Sajid Farid Shapoo, in a statement, clarified that no such report has been submitted by the NIA. “The investigation is in its initial stages and no reprot has been called for the MHA in this regard,” he said.