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"Maoists will be dealt with strongly"

Staff Reporter

MEETING AN EMERGENCY: The police personnel injured in the naxal attack at the Ranipotili outpost in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh being treated at a hospital in Jagdalpur on Thursday. — Photo: PTI

KONTA (CHHATTISGARH): Chhattisgarh Home Minister Ramvichar Netham on Thursday said there would not be any change in the Government policy on combating Maoist naxalites.

Mr. Netham visited the Ranipotili police camp along with senior officials after the Maoist attack, which left 54 persons dead, and took stock of the situation.

He said the Government had taken a serious view of the violence sponsored by the Maoists. It would come down on them with a strong hand. The police camps set up at various places in South Bastar to protect the lives and property of the people would be strengthened further. The naxals resorted to violence to prove their existence in areas where their support base was eroding. Such attacks would prove them costly.

The Andhra Pradesh police sounded a high alert along its border with Chhattisgarh. The police camp at Ranipotili is less than 100 km from Perur in Khammam district. The participation of Maoist dalams from both Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra in Thursday's attack is suspected. It is one of the major operations orchestrated by the Maoists.

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