Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: An e-mail by suspected
Maoists received at the Orissa Chief Minister`s Office here
has threatened to blow up the residence of Naveen Patnaik and
important establishments in the state following which the
security has been beefed up.
Claiming that top Maoist leaders Kishenji and Bikram had
received bullet injuries, the e-mail threatened to avenge for
the wounds inflicted on them, officials said today.
"We will reply to each bullet that hit Kishenji and
comrade Bikram," said the e-mail received yesterday
purportedly sent by the Central Military Commission of
the Peoples` Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), a Maoist
outfit.
"As soon as you launch joint special operation or green
hunt, we will start attacks at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri
simultaneously," the e-mail said while threatening to blow up
the Chief Minister`s residence and other important
establishments in the state.
Describing the police personnel as a "helpless lot" in
the administrative set up, the e-mail threatened to target
"corrupt" bureaucrats by the use of ultra-modern weapons
available under cyber technology.
Following the receipt of the e-mail security has been
beefed up in and around Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik`s
residence and other vital places here.
"Police are investigating into the matter. I am sure they
will come out successful," Patnaik told reporters on the
sideline of a meeting held at a hotel here.
The security of the Chief Minister, who is covered under
the `Z plus` category, was enhanced in view of the e-mail.
Personnel of special security battalion have been
deployed in and around `Naveen Niwas`. Personnel of the elite
anti-Naxalite force, special operation group have been posted
at the state secretariat and other places Patnaik frequents,
official sources said.
"The road in front of the chief minister`s residence has
been thoroughly checked and kept out of bounds to the public,"
a senior police official said.
Cyber experts of Orissa police were locating the sender
of the e-mail.
Meanwhile in West Bengal, West Midnapore superintendent
of police Manoj Verma said that the police was not sure if
Kishenji was indeed injured. This could be a ploy by the
Maoists to divert attention of the police, he added.
"We still do not have any information about injury to
Kishenji or Bikram and so I cannot tell anything about this,"
he said.
This could be a ploy by Maoists to divert attention of
the police from the operation against them on Bengal-Jharkhand
border so that they get time to prepare for a bigger assault.
"They have done it before and so this is not a new thing
for them," Verma said.
The state secretariat, office of the commissioner of
police, police headquarters in Cuttack, armoury of 6th
Battalion of OSAP (Orissa Special Armed Police), Orissa
Computer Application Centre (OCAC), Grid Corporation of Orissa
(Gridco), Nalco and Biju Patnaik University of Technology
(BPUT) are identified as its target.
Claiming PLGA had successfully hacked the state
government portal on March 11, the e-mail said the ultras`
acts would be more devastating this time as they were aware of
the loopholes in the government set-up.
A senior official of the home department said that they
are probing the incident.
PTI
