Hyderabad: Two days after the assassination attempt on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, the state government on October 3 appointed a high-level Inquiry Commission to probe into the security lapses and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to go into the attack besides suspending and transferring key officials including a DIG (Deputy Inspector General).

While Chittoor Superintendent of Police Naveen Chand, Reserve Inspector and in-charge of Bomb Disposal Squad, Ramanaiah, were suspended, District Collector Sai Prasad and Deputy Inspector General of Police (Chittoor range) Sivanarayana were transferred.

The high-level Inquiry Commission, to be headed by retired DGP of Uttar Pradesh Prakash Singh, would study the entire gamut of security system, look into the lapses that led to claymore landmine blasts at Tirupati on October 1 and suggest measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister T Devender Goud told reporters.

The Commission would submit its report in two months, he said, adding Singh, who had also served in Border Security Force (BSF), had been chosen for the job in view of his vast experience in anti- insurgency operations in the North East.

The SIT, headed by a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer D T Naik, would specifically probe the attack on the Chief Minister.

The decisions were taken at a meeting of senior ministers at Naidu's Jubilee Hills residence, where the Chief Minister is recuperating.

PTI