A group of Maoists had pelted stones at Ambassador Sood during his Solukhumbu visit on October 6.[break]
Taking to Republica at his office, the chief district officer said the administration had taken strong security measures but the Maoists betrayed the administration by throwing shoes at the Indian envoy in the name of staging peaceful protests.
“The Maoists had informed the administration that they would stage peaceful protests but they betrayed the administration by not keeping their words,” Subedi said.
The Home Ministry, which first regretted the incident on October 10, directed a probe into the incident on Monday after New Delhi expressed dissatisfaction over the ministry´s regret.
New Delhi had termed the government move "insufficient".
When asked why the security personnel posted for Sood´s security did not take action against the unruly Maoists cadres, the chief district officer said, “Had we resorted to baton-charging, some unpleasant incident would have occurred."
Subedi said he started the probe soon after he received the Home Ministry´s directive so that he would be able to submit a report to the ministry within the given deadline of seven days.
Meanwhile, Maoist district in-charge Rajendra Basnet has warned that any biased action against Maoist cadres in connection with the Sulukhumbu incident would not be tolerated.
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