Toll-free number soon to provide info on Maoists
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have decided to introduce a toll-free number to gather intelligence about Maoist activities. Informers providing credible information will receive monetary rewards while maintaining their anonymity, ADG (anti-Naxal operations) Sanjeeb Panda said on Tuesday.
"We will soon circulate the toll-free number for public knowledge. Support of the public is essential to achieve the Centre's target of wiping out Maoist menace from the country by March 2026," said Panda, who assumed charge on Tuesday following his appointment last week.
Panda said a comprehensive roadmap is being finalised to eliminate left-wing extremism (LWE) from the state. He also emphasised on intelligence-based operations against Maoists.
"We will intensify anti-Maoist operations through proper coordination between special intelligence wing, special operation group, district voluntary force, Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force and district police," Panda said, adding that Kandhamal and Rayagada are the focus areas of the operations.
According to Odisha Police, the state's LWE situation remains under control compared to Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, where recent operations resulted in casualties of a large number of Maoist.
Police said that while 10 districts — Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Boudh, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Balangir, and Bargarh — are officially LWE-affected, three districts — Koraput, Rayagada and Nabarangpur — have recorded no Maoist incidents in three years.
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