nInspector General of Police (Bastar) Sundarraj P on Wednesday criticized Maoists for threatening journalists and activists in the Chhattisgarh region that is a known Naxalite hub.
“Threatening media personnel, political and social activists by CPI (Maoist) is an act of cowardice. It reflects creeping insanity in their rank file. Rattled by loss of public support and drying recruitment, Maoists are thoroughly confused and frustrated,” Sundarraj said in a recorded video for the media.
Police in Bastar are running special hashtag #BastarThaMatta #ShameOnYouMaoists to criticize Maoists on social media. Journalists of Bastar are running a campaign against the threat on social media platforms.
On Tuesday, the journalists of Bastar along with writers, social activists and others including Soni Sori registered a strong protest against the open threat issued by Naxalites.
In Bijapur town, journalists took out bike rally from Bijapur to the Maoist den Ganglur region on Tuesday. The rally was called by the Bijapur Press Club.