Senior Security Advisor in Ministry of Home Affairs K Vijay Kumar Kumar on Thursday said that the Government was committed to development along with security in the Naxal-hit States besides, strengthening the inter-state coordination among them.
He was on a day long visit of Jharkhand and visited Ghatshila in East Singhbhum and held a review meeting of the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the area with the top police officials of the three bordering states – Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha.
later after the meeting, Kumar said that he had come here as he was committed towards bringing in development along with security in the naxal affected areas.
“I have come here just to ensure how development could be brought in along with security of the people living in the naxal affected areas,” said Kumar. The meeting took place at Director’s Bungalow of Hindustan Copper limited in Ghatshila.
“Kumar during the meeting stressed on interstate coordination between Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha along with intra-state coordination between the districts in Jharkhand. He also talked about the upcoming elections in West Bengal and the kind of support they expect from our side,” said a senior police official requesting anonymity. A long discussion also took place on how to analyze the recent trends in Maoism and ways to counter them effectively, he added.
According to the source, Kumar also discussed how to strengthen the interstate coordination further with the adjacent states so that the Naxalim could be neutralized in the area. SPs of Purulia in West Bengal and Mayurbhanj in Odisha were also present in the meeting along with their counterparts in Jamshedpur and Chaibasa.
later, Kumar along with the other officials also inspected the Musabani Training Camp and took stock of the ongoing training of the CRPF constables and also boosted up their morale asking them to never compromise with the unity and integrity of the nation.
“Kumar also gave tips to the jawans what precautions are to be followed during anti-naxal operations so that minimum loss is incurred by the security forces,” said the official.
Kumar along with the5ste senior officials of State Police first landed at Ranchi and he went to Ghatshila by helicopter and then travelled to Musabani CRPF training camp by road.