State DGP DK Pandey today reached Nimiaghat Police Station in Giridih alongwith senior police offcials to boost the morale of the policemen, who were involved in the police and naxal encounter on Friday evening, where a naxalite was killed.
After inspecting the police station Nimiaghat, the DGP while talking to the mediapersons stated that he is visiting naxal infested areas in Parashnath to boost up the morale of cops. Earlier boosting up the morale of the cops, the DGP told them to give befitting reply to Naxalites who are creating hurdles in development of Parashnath hills and misguiding innocent people living in rural areas.
Pandey asked the cops to keep a close watch on Naxalites and fire on them whenever required as this is their prime job and with better intelligence network round the clock information being supplied to cops most of the Maoists were on the run to save their lives. The DGP also honored to Giridih superintendent of police Akhlesh V. Verier for his efforts in the encounter .
“The Parashnath hills, an important tourist destination, will be development into a Naxal-free zone by end of 2017 .Parasnath, despite being the most important pilgrim centre of national and International fame, could not be develop the area by making Parasnath Development Authority after making it free from Naxals,” said the DGP during his visit in Giridih.
On Jharkhand government’s plan to develop Parashnath as an international tourist destination by the end of this year, the efforts were being made to provide a tension free environment to the pilgrim environment to the pilgrims coming here for whom police forces have been made available to ensure safety and security of the pilgrims will be kept reserved for exigency .“Besides conducting anti-naxal operations, development work like Ganga will also be carried out along with it, DGP further added.
According to sources, Panday analysed the achievements of the force on various fronts. The government is committed to provide all help to cops and so now the cops must pay back by stamping out naxalite from Jharkhand state .They are capable of doing it, said the DGP.