To prevent youths from being misguided by the Maoists, State Government will now appoint unemployed people as policemen on contract basis. Chief Minister Raghubar Das while speaking during the launch a three day workshop organized by CRPF on interstate coordination among the Naxal infested states – ‘lWE Theatre Interstate operations and coordination,’ also said that those temporary policemen will be regularized after three years of service.
“We are planning to appoint unemployed youths as policemen on temporary basis on an honorarium of `10,000. They who will later be regularized in the State Police after three years in service,” said the CM. The Maoist cadres are now on the back foot after demonetization as it has broken their backbone, he added.
CM terming Naxalim and terrorism a serious threat for the Country said that security and development must be carried out together so that people in the remote areas feel secure and remain intact with the mainstream.
Stressing on the importance of intelligence and communication, CM said that his Government has always kept its door open for the Naxals and several hard core Maoists have surrendered before us under Operation Nai Disha in the State.
The workshop aims to consummate with the devising compatible strategies to enhance output of joint operations, which is another milestone in this direction. Chief Minister Raghubar Das was the Chief Guest and Senior Security Advisor K Vijay Kumar was the Special Guest for the Workshop.
Kumar said that due to the support provided by the State Government, Naxal incidents have decreased in Jharkhand and the operations are going on in the right directions.
“Security forces must honour local traditions and also take part in it,” said Kumar. The workshop is being organized to provide an integrated platform to the participating security officials of the level of DGP, ADGP, IGP, DIGP and SP ranks coming from 10 states and central security agencies.
CRPF DG K Durga Prasad on the other hand said that the CRPF, due to interstate operations’, has succeeded in curbing Naxal incidents by 40 per cent in the last five years.
“Several hard core Maoists have been killed in the encounters with the security forces, many of them have also been arrested and many more are surrendering before the police, due to which, their backbone has almost been broken,” said the CRPF DG. The Maoists are now on the back foot due to demonetization, he said.
Proper assessment, analysis and coordination during naxal operations was important to maintain the effectiveness of interstate operations, he added.