Joint forces consisting of personnel of the CRPF, Jharkhand Armed police and the Giridih district police ,on Wednesday morning entered the jungles of Madhuban in Giridih and launched a massive combing operation against the Maoists, police sources said.
Two Maoists were killed by the police since the last anti-Maoists operation at Parashnath hill areas .Police sources informed that Parashnath forest areas of the district has become a safe hideout for the Maoists cadres as well as the leftist rebel from Bihar ,Jhumra hill of Bokaro stretches from Hazaribagh to Parashnath giving free and easy access to the extremists to the three districts.
Recently ,the CPI(Maoists) held a training camp for its cadres at Madhuban hilly station .Despite intelligence reports providing information about the increasing activities in the areas .
Sources said ,as extremist activities increased in the Madhuban recently ,the police higher –ups decided to act and launch the combing operation.
Keeping in view the increased movement of the cadres of the CPI (Maoists),the top brass of the police has also placed Pirtard and Madhuwan police station on high alert .We are conducting long and short range patrols on war footing to check all kinds of movement of the Maoists in the areas, stated Officer-in charge of Pirtard police station.
However ,no reports of any untoward incident was reported from any place till late on Wednesday evening.