Jharkhand police, to deal with the Maoists in an effective manner, demanded more force from the Center. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday held a review meeting on left Wing extremism situation in Jharkhand with senior police officials of CRPF and the State Police at Eastern Sector Headquarters of CRPF in Ranchi.
Singh however, said that their demand could be considered after UP elections only.
“A demand was raised before the Union Home Minister to increase the strength of security forces in the state to carry out anti-Naxal operations in the state, replying to which, he said that the demand will be taken up only after UP Elections,” said a senior police official.
The official further said that the Union Home Minister was briefed with the current condition on the Naxal front and a thorough discussion took place about the ways the State police would be taking in future.
“The Union Home Minister directed the police to move ahead with greater strength and better vision to root them out completely from the State,” he said. The discussion was more or less general, where the minister took stock of situation about the activities of state police on Naxal front, added the official.
The State Police also requested the Home Minister to recommence the fund allocation for setting up of Special Task Force against terrorism which has been discontinued for quite some time.
The meeting was also attended by Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, DGP DK Pandey, Home Secretary SKG Rahate along with IG (CRPF) Sanjay Anand latkar and senior officials of state police.