Odisha-AP Police to conduct joint operation against Maoists

Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Police Friday decided to conduct joint operations and share information to effectively combat the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the border areas of the two states, officials said.

This was decided in a meeting attended by Odisha DGP R P Sharma, his Andhra Pradesh counterpart R P Thakur and other senior police officers of both the states engaged in anti-maoist operations, they said.

"We discussed on enhancing the interstate coordination and cooperation, particularly conducting joint operations in the core areas like the CutOff area in Malkangiri district to effectively combat and contain the LWE menace," Sharma said.

He said the inter-state coordination meeting between the two states was fruitful.

The Andhra Pradesh DGP said: "We discussed about infrastructural requirement in that (border) areas whether road connectivity or cell phone connectivity. We have fixed the priority which are the things to be taken up immediately within our governments or with the national government."