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Three-pronged strategy to combat naxalites

Need to tackle poverty and unemployment: Nitish Kumar

Patna: With a view to check activities of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), Bihar Government is evolving a three-pronged strategy involving mounting an offensive against the underground outfits, strengthening intelligence network and undertaking efficient implementation of development schemes.

“A concrete action plan combining development initiative with police action to check Maoists activities is being prepared,” official sources have said.

Measures to tackle the naxalites were discussed at length when Chief Minister Nitish Nitish Kumar reviewed the law and order situation at a high-level meeting here this past week.

State Home Department sources said the State Government was preparing a fresh list of the naxalites operating in the 14 Naxal-hit districts, while another list of hardcore militants was also being prepared.

The Chief Minister was of the opinion that the much-publicised ‘Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar’ programme should be effectively implemented to tackle the problems of poverty and unemployment at the grassroots level and Government’s welfare programmes be properly highlighted.

State Chief Secretary A K Choudhary, Home Commissioner Afzal Amanullah and Director General of Police Ashish Ranjan Sinha attended the meeting. Official sources said the State Government had decided to strengthen the intelligence-gathering network and ensure security of police informers. Besides, steps should be taken for accelerated redressal of public grievances, they said.

Meanwhile, 15 people, including policemen, were injured when Maoists attempted a jailbreak on Friday at the prison in Garwah in Jharkhand.

While one group of Maoists clashed with criminals as a diversionary tactic, another group used bricks and other materials being used for construction work at the jail as missiles during the unsuccessful attempt to escape, Subdivisional Officer Ravi Kumar said. -- PTI

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