Centre may hand over Sukma Naxal case to National Investigation Ageny

New Delhi: The Centre is likely to hand over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the probe into the killing of 25 CRPF personnel in Sukma in Chhattisgarh by the Naxals.

A senior Home Ministry functionary said it was a fit case to be handed over to the NIA as so many security personnel were killed in a single incident. “We are contemplating handing over the probe into the Sukma incident to the NIA,” the functionary said. Twenty-five CRPF personnel were killed and seven wounded on April 24.