Top officials of the Odisha police and the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday discussed in detail the redeployment of the BSF contingent in the State. Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjiv Marik, IG (Operations) and Additional DG KK Sharma, IG and DIG of BSF were at the discussion table. DGP Marik told mediapersons that the meeting took stock of the Maoist situation in the State and arrived at an agreement as to where to withdraw BSF forces and where to redeploy them.
“We have decided to withdraw BSF from places where Maoist activities have come down and redeploy them in places witnessing spurt in left Wing Extremism,” the DGP said. Marik made it clear that the redeployment would take place entirely on the basis of the intelligence gathered by the State police. Saying that the process will happen in a phased manner.