In major development, the police and paramilitary forces, CRPF recovered three fire-arms from Makuli village under Ghatshila police station area on the border of Bengal last evening.
Senior SP Anoop T Mathew said that acting on a tip-off that a squad of naxal leader Rahul was at Makuli village, a police and CRPF team rushed to the spot immediately. During inquiry, he found two guns and a pistol from a bush. The Senior SP said that the seized fire-arms were country-made and were suspected to have been hidden there by the CPI-Maoist rebels.
According to information, the police administration here is focusing on Ghatshila subdivision to curb naxal menace. A senior police officer said that a meeting was called recently to review security arrangements in the subdivision. The senior cops gave important tips on the security and held discussion on the situation at bordering areas in West Bengal, Odisha and Chattisgarh.
Sources informed that the ultras belonging to the banned out fit CPI (Maoist) have been active in the Ghatshila subdivision that comprises of areas like Dumaria, Musaboni, Chakulia, Bahragora and Ghatshila.
Sources informed that the police have decided to ensure strict vigil and deploy additional security forces in the fringe areas.
“Security has been beefed up in the area and they were keeping strict vigil on movement of the Naxalites. The plan is to keep a tab on the camps being operated by ultras,” said another official.
According to information the meeting, besides taking up other issues, resolved to increase 'joint operation' with the neighbouring states in all the naxal infested blocks of the three districts that are attached to bordering states of West Bengal and Odisha.