High alert sounded in Andhra Pradesh after Chhattisgarh encounter
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The police have sounded a excessive alert in the State in the wake of the Maoists’ encounter with safety personnel on the Bijapur-Sukma district borders in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. Security has been beefed up alongside the inter-State borders and brushing operations have been been intensified.
Though the precise variety of folks died in the encounter is but to be ascertained, the officers confirmed that 22 personnel of the CRPF, Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) had been killed and 30 jawans had been injured. Several jawans have had been reportedly gone lacking after the encounter and some Naxals had been additionally killed in the operation.
Soon after the encounter, the police have intensified combing operations alongside the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh and the Andhra-Odisha Borders (AOB) and A.P.-Telangana borders to forestall the Maoists getting into the State.
“According to reports, around 500 armed Naxalites, including the cadres of People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) and the local dalams of the South Bastar Divisional Committee attacked the combing party. Acting on a tip-off that the injured Naxalites in the operation may escape into the neighbouring States, we have stepped up vigil along the borders,” a senior police officer instructed The Puucho on Sunday.
Security up for VIPs
Security supplied to all VIPs has been tightened and advisories have been issued to these on the Naxal hit-list to not enter tribal hamlets in the Maoist-hit areas, the officer mentioned.
“We have kept our forces on high alert on the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh borders and AOB. Instructions have been issued for undertaking anti-naxal operations along the borders, with the help of our counterparts in the neighbouring States,” mentioned Director General of Police (DGP) D. Gautam Sawang.
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