Kolkata: A number of deserted training camps
and a bunker of Maoists were unearthed during joint anti-Naxal
operations by West Bengal and Jharkhand armed police in
forested areas on the border.
The camps were found in Belpahari in West Bengal and East
Singhbhum district in Jharkhand in the last two to three days,
WB IGP (Law and Order) S Karpurakayastha told PTI today.
"No arms or explosives were recovered from the camps."
Refusing to describe the operations carried out by armed
police of the two states in coordination with CRPF as
'Greenhunt', the IGP said "this is part of the intensified
move to flush out the Maoists."
The operations, he said, have been suspended for the day
and would resume very shortly.
He said the joint forces were successful in area
domination and in building up confidence among villagers on
the border of the two states during the operations.
Meanwhile, Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen said six companies
of central forces, in addition to the 18 in the state, arrived
yesterday for posting in Maoist-hit West Midnapore, Bankura
and Purulia districts.
The West Bengal government, Sen said would send a report
on Maoist activities in the state to the Union Home Ministry.
Chief Secretary Asok Mohan Chakraborty said security in
state secretariat, Writers' Buildings, was being reviewed by
the Home Secretary and Kolkata Police Commissioner Gautam
Mohan Chakraborty.
"Security in Raj Bhavan, New Secretariat and the Assembly
house will also be reviewed," he said.
-PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 21:42