A meeting to prepare anti-Maoist strategies for the eastern region of the country was held here on Friday, presided over by Odisha DGP RP Sharma.
Senior Security Advisor in Union Ministry of Home Affairs K Vijay Kumar and DGPs of West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar and senior officials of the CRPF and BSF participated in the meeting. The meeting discussed strategies, joint operations, coordination among security forces, sharing of intelligence inputs and adherence to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Sources said as Maoists are moving from one State to another after creating mayhem stress was laid on coordination between the different States and agencies. Improvement in intelligence gathering, which as of late laid to the nuetralisation of several Maoist guerillas, was stressed.
Of late, the Odisha police have also intensified anti-Maoist operations to root out the menace from the State. Notably, seven Maoists, including two women cadres, were gunned down in separate encounters in Kandhamal and Balangir districts in 48 hours in May.