After the massacre of Congress leaders and workers in Darbha valley on Saturday, reports of Maoist insurgents indulging in violence at Tulsi Dongri, located on Chattisgarh-Odisha border have been received. Showing quick response against the activities of Naxals, Odisha police have reportedly told their Chhattisgarh counterpart that they were ready to choke the forward movement of Maoists towards Odisha from Chhattisgarh.
likewise, police of Andhra Pradesh have also sealed the routes of escape around the inter-state borders with Chhattisgarh as also Greyhound Forces Jawans are on the vigil. Andhra police jawans are also present on the border in large numbers and are keeping a tab on the hideouts of insurgents through choppers. The Khammam district (Andhara Pradesh) Additional Superintend of Police Shrinivas Rao said we are coordinating with Chhattisgarh police in anti-naxal operations. Similarly the Malkangiri district (Odisha) ASP also confirmed about carrying of anti-naxal operation with Chhattisgarh police.
Meanwhile, Additional Director General of Police (Naxal operations) RK Viz said whenever required we conduct joint operations with Odisha and Andhra Pradesh police.
Notably, the state government had alerted the neighbouring states seeking their help in tracking down of the group of Maoists which was involved in the Darbha attack in which 28 people including more than a dozen of Congress top leaders CGPCC president Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh Patel, lion of Bastar Mahendra Karma, former Rajnandgaon MlA Udai Mudliyar and others were killed while 30 persons including former union minister Vidya Charan Shukla were injured.