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Raman KirpalPosted online: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 0000 hrs Print Email
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 29:Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of 13 Naxalite-affected states are reaching New Delhi tomorrow for a meeting with Union Home Secretary V K Duggal to assess how states have fared in pooling intelligence on Naxal movement and the progress made in security operations in the last three months.
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The meeting is likely to discuss last monthâs incident in Chhattisgarhâs Dantewada district where some 800 heavily armed Naxalites got past securitymen and attacked a relief camp, killing at least 31 people.
Whatâs worrying officials is that the count of securitymen killed by Naxalites this year is higher than the number of personnel killed by militants in the Valley.
From January to July this year, at least 102 securitymen were killed in Naxal attacks while the figure for those killed in the Valley during the same period stood at 85. In 2005, 165 securitymen died in Valley attacks while less than 100 personnel were killed in Naxal attacks.
Officials say itâs becoming increasingly evident that the Naxalites are carrying out more organised, coordinated attacks, even imparting better training to their cadres.
Such is the concern in New Delhi that even the Prime Minister, while addressing Chief Ministers of Naxal-hit states in April, described Left-wing extremism as âthe biggest internal security challenge ever faced by the country.ââ
Going by official data (see chart), it would appear that Naxal attacks are claiming more lives in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand than in traditional strongholds Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
Home Ministry sources estimate that the current strength of the armed Naxal cadre is around 7,200.
raman.kirpal@expressindia.com
Raman KirpalPosted online: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 0000 hrs Print Email
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 29:Chief Secretaries and Director Generals of Police of 13 Naxalite-affected states are reaching New Delhi tomorrow for a meeting with Union Home Secretary V K Duggal to assess how states have fared in pooling intelligence on Naxal movement and the progress made in security operations in the last three months.
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The meeting is likely to discuss last monthâs incident in Chhattisgarhâs Dantewada district where some 800 heavily armed Naxalites got past securitymen and attacked a relief camp, killing at least 31 people.
Whatâs worrying officials is that the count of securitymen killed by Naxalites this year is higher than the number of personnel killed by militants in the Valley.
From January to July this year, at least 102 securitymen were killed in Naxal attacks while the figure for those killed in the Valley during the same period stood at 85. In 2005, 165 securitymen died in Valley attacks while less than 100 personnel were killed in Naxal attacks.
Officials say itâs becoming increasingly evident that the Naxalites are carrying out more organised, coordinated attacks, even imparting better training to their cadres.
Such is the concern in New Delhi that even the Prime Minister, while addressing Chief Ministers of Naxal-hit states in April, described Left-wing extremism as âthe biggest internal security challenge ever faced by the country.ââ
Going by official data (see chart), it would appear that Naxal attacks are claiming more lives in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand than in traditional strongholds Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
Home Ministry sources estimate that the current strength of the armed Naxal cadre is around 7,200.
raman.kirpal@expressindia.com