There were indications of failure in a police camp with adequate strength being overrun by Maoists, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday, while condemning the attack on a Eastern Frontier Rifles camp in West Bengal in which 24 security personnel were killed.

"The attack by the CPI-Maoist on a camp of the Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) of West Bengal is another outrageous attempt by the banned organisation to overawe the established authority in the state. I condemn the attack," Chidambaram said in a statement, a day after the daring attack by Maoists on the camp in West Midnapore district.