NALGONDA: Counter Action Teams (CATs) of the police department are on the prowl in Home Minister K. Jana Reddy's district to scuttle the Tactful Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC) launched by the Communist Party of India (Maoist).

"The intelligence inputs indicate that the Central Military Committee of the party has decided at its recently held plenary to launch the TCOC with the onset of rainy reason," a police officer told The Hindu on Saturday.

Though the top brass of the Maoists were `neutralised' in a series of encounters in the last couple of years, the police don't want to take any chances. Apart from alerting the possible targets and stepping up security at vital installations, the police department prepared a pocket-size booklet containing the pictures and particulars of underground Maoists.

The booklets have been dispatched to all police stations and distributed among the personal security officers of the people's representatives and other targets. In view of a resolution passed by the CMC, the police decided to improve security at the major irrigation projects too.

"Driven by desperation, Maoists may resort to any crime to make their presence felt. Hence we are all prepared to hunt them down," Officer on Special Duty A. Venkateswar Rao said. About 20 Maoists, including their State secretary Konapuri Ilaiah of Dasireddigudem of Valigonda mandal and his brother Konapuri Ramulu also figure in the booklet.

New set-up

It is learnt that the Maoists disbanded the old organisational set-up following the spate of encounters and surrenders. While a dozen leaders were killed in alleged encounters, six cadres gave up arms to join the mainstream in the last year making the organisation very fragile.

The Maoist leadership recently formed a divisional committee to take care of the operations in Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda and Medak and Gundu Sreenu alias Ramakanth of Ajilapuram of Mahabubnagar has been made its secretary. One of the senior most Maoists, Kavali Yadagiri alias Sudhakar alias Pandu alias Nomula Ramana of Udutalapally of Chandur mandal, is overseeing the operations in the Home Minister's home district, according to reliable sources.

Two Local Organizational Squads (LOSs) — Musi and Rachankonda — are being operated by Boda Anjaiah and Uppalapalli Yadaiah.

The police strongly believe that the surrendered Maoist, Konapuri Ramulu, has teamed up with the duo in recent times at the behest of his brother.

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