NewsX: There is always a Road Opening Patrol that is sent before a the movement of VVIP convoy and it leaves only after the convoy passes through the area safely.<br /><br />In this case, there seems to have been no deployment of the ROP and the VIP were left as sitting ducks to the planned assault by the Naxals.<br /><br />It also comes off as a typical ambush attack where first a bomb exploded and Naxals fired indiscriminately on the convoy.<br /><br />It is apparent that the route had also not been sanitised by the anti-landmine vehicle with the bomb-disposal squad.<br /><br />Also since there were intelligence inputs of Naxals warning to attack the parivartan Yatra, the VIPs should have been provided with bulletproof and anti-landmine vehicles.
