Security Adviser to the Union Home Ministry K Vijaya Kumar would visit Odisha on July 23, sources said. Elated over the arrest of top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, the Home Ministry has planned to send Kumar to the State, the sources added.
Kumar, who is well versed with the Maoist problems, would meet Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra in the presence of Home Secretary VK Saxena and DGP Sanjeev Marik on the first day of his visit.
He would visit the Red corridors in Koraput and Malkangiri districts of the State. DGP Marik and IGP, Operations Soumendra Priyadarshi would accompany him, the sources revealed.
According to official sources, at least five ultras were eliminated by the end of June whereas no security personnel died in the State. But, 11 civilians fell prey to the Maoist violence.
Recently at his meeting with the Chief Secretaries and DGPs of the States facing Maoist menace, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had promised all help to fight the rebels.
The State has asked for another battalion of the Central Paramilitary Force (CPF) to be deployed on the border districts of Chhattisgarh and for a dedicated chopper for anti-Maoist operations.