Director General of Police Anjani Kumar said that state police must be vigilant and need continuous monitoring of Maoist movements. He was addressing a video conference held with police officers of the left wing extremism-affected districts in the state, in the wake of the incident in which 10 security personnel and one civilian were killed in a landmine blast at Arunapur police station in South Bastar on April 26.
Addressing the officials, he said that any small incident relating to law and order in the state will have a severe impact on the development of Telangana state. Keeping in this view, the police officers should be more vigilant and tackle the situation firmly.
The DGP said that in the background of approaching Assembly elections, the officials have to take adequate precautions in terms of security during the visits of political dignitaries and movement of VVIPs in the state. At the same time, he said that there is a possibility that the movement of Maoist action teams will increase in the border areas of the states in this situation.
After the formation of a separate state, IT industries and many multi-national companies have set up their offices in Hyderabad. In this background, he said that the Maoists may act strategically by attacking one sector to create fear among people. Therefore, the DGP advised the officers to be alert at all times.
Referring to the extremism activities in the state, he said that Left-wing extremism completely disappeared in Telangana due to continuous efforts of the police department. The DGP said that since there are 80 per cent newly recruited policemen in the state, they should be more aware of Maoist strategies, actions and attacks.
Additional DGP (Operations) Vijay Kumar said that special training will be arranged for the PSOs who are drafted to cover VIPs on the topic of providing security in case of sudden attacks by Maoists and unexpected situations.
IG Prabhakar Rao said the situation of extremism in the state and the security measures to be taken by the police were comprehensively explained through a power-point presentation. He said that the police should constantly interact with people at village level to gather information about the movement of Maoists and newcomers at the village level. Especially, the police of the border villages should take more precautions in this matter.
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