As the movement of Maoists cadres gain movement in the rural areas of the Bokaro district before the parliament election to be held on April 17, the police have put all its stations and forces in the area on full alert. Even though over the past few days back the boycott call has been a routine affair in remote villages of Nawadih block in Bokaro district, Bokaro Superintendent of police Jitendra Kumar Singh has ordered intensive patrolling.
Taking the Maoists’ boycott call and threats to the local villagers as a serious affairs, Bokaro police sources said these Maoists take advantage of the far flung areas where it take some time for the force to reach and before that they manage to slip away .Police sources said that we have already intensified patrolling and the force has been told to move on foot rather than getting ensured in the traps laid out by these Maoists –sources further added.
long range patrols have been going on and will all the more be intensified, the S.P stressed that raids are on and will continue throughout the area. Meanwhile, in the Maoists affected areas of mainly Bokaro and Giridih district, the cadre have begun a massive propaganda campaign exhorting villagers to boycott the parliament election.
Despite the massive combing operations going on in the surrounding areas of upperghat in Nawadih block, police could not get any breakthrough .A company of 26th battalion of CRPF along with forces accumulated from two police stations -Nawadih and Bokaro thermal have been rushed to the Budhgada ,Kosi ,Mutharwa ,Pank and Dawaia forest areas on Wednesday morning to conduct search operations which continued till evening of the day .
It may be noted that movement of cadre has been reported in Budhgada, Mutharwa,Bansi ,Kosi and Pank under the Nawadih police station .The Maoists have asked the villagers in Nawadih and Gomia and adjoining blocks to boycott the coming parliament election to be held on April 17.Police have failed to get any trace of the Maoists in area even after a 24 –hour long combing operation in Nawadih of the district till Wednesday evening, sources said. A part from the S.P.the raiding team included assistant commandant of CRPF Pratusi ,Officer in charge laxamikant and Bisanu Prasad Rawat of Bokaro thermal and Nawadih P.S.