For smooth, peaceful and fair conduct of Assembly Election 2018 in Chhattisgarh and Telangana State, senior police officials of Chhattisgarh and Telangana organised a joint meeting at Police Officer’s Mess in the state capital on Wednesday to discuss on undertaking joint operations.
Director General of Police Telangana, Mahendra Reddy, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Grey Hound Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Joint Director Intelligence Bureau of Telangana were present in the meeting along with Superintendent of Police (SPs) of Maoist affected regions of Telangana and Chhattisgarh.
Special Director General of Police (Naxal Operations), Chhattisgarh, DM Awasthi later informed that the meeting discussed on executing joint Naxal operations in wake of assembly elections in both the states. “How the menace could be tackled during the upcoming polls was discussed in the meeting”, he said.
“The key issues came up for discussion was exchange and sharing of intelligence information regarding Naxal movements in bordering areas of both the states. The day-long meeting also discussed on strategy for averting untoward incidents during elections by deploying Jawans at different sensitive points”, the official informed.
Notable, Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh is going to be held in two phases on November 12 and 20. Telangana would witness single phase election for their 119 member State Assembly on December 7.