The IG police Palamu range A Natarajan is on the whirlwind tour of the various police stations falling under this range taking stock of the situation and preparedness of the police in the conduct of the poll vis a vis combat mode of the police against the naxals.
On Friday April 4 the IG police reached Rehla police station the bordering police station of Palamu with the district Garhwa. The Pioneer spoke to the IG when he was in Rehla to know about the naxal scenario to which the IG said the security forces are patrolling the areas and the naxal scenario is contained. The IG said the police are committed to conduct free, fair and peaceful poll here.
Polling in the Palamu police range is on April 10. To a query Natarajan said the inter state drive against naxals is already on and all efforts will be made to curb and contain the menace of extremism. The Palamu police range under which comes 3 districts latehar, Palamu and Garhwa have borders with UP, Bihar and Chhatisgarh.
Naxals’ hide outs will be raided with all caution and might he reiterated. Sources said the IG had visited Betla under Barwadeeh and held discussions with the police officials there the other day. The IG said at Betla the CRPF contingent is working fine and the morale of the forces is high. The security forces are alert to abort and frustrate any IED trap of the Maoists and said cops must adhere to SoP ( standard operation procedural) and under no circumstances any caution or restraint is to be thrown to the winds by the cops.