Chief Secretary RS Sharma, advocating a need to make changes in the surrender policy for Maoists, said that administrative re-arrangement of the police stations is essentially required in the state. Sharma was speaking during a review meeting with the home department on the security related issues during the VIP movements in lok Sabha elections.Sharma stressing on the long term strategic reforms also said that there should be separate wing each for investigation and law and order wing in the police department. The efficiency of intelligence on the part of elections was also reviewed during the meeting.
“There must be adequate security arrangements for the elections in the State,” said Sharma. Reviewing the VIP monitoring cell, he said that it was formed to gather Naxal or terrorist related intelligence which will also help during VIP movements. This cell will also gather information related to the VIP movements outside the State and inform the police department of the concerned State as per the intensity of the threat. Principal Secretary of Home Department NN Pandey, presented the status of police personnel in the state along with a brief account of the achievements of the police department in the year 2012-13. Pandey also gave a brief presentation of the Naxal scenario in the State.