PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY NOT TARGET OF ATTACK IN CHHATISGARH

29-09-2008 : Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi

It is stated that there has been no attack on the convoy of the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, during her visit to Chhattisgarh today, as reported by some sections of the media. The President reached Raipur safely from Chitrakote, where she was on a brief visit. The President traveled by helicopter on this leg of the visit.

The release issued at 1600 hrs