Odisha DGP seeks steps to intensify anti-Naxal drive

With the anti-Naxal operation witnessing success in Malkangiri district in the last few days, Odisha's Director-General of Police Sanjeev Marik today sought steps to intensify the drive and ensure proper coordination between central forces and the state police.
"The thrust will be on proper coordination between the central forces and state police in order to achieve success in anti-Maoist operations," said Marik, who visited the Malkangiri district.
Stating that the campaign against the left wing extremists needs to be stepped up, the police chief said the strategy against Naxals should also include development activities as a major component.
Emphasis should be on bringing back more and more Maoists and their supporters into the social mainstream, Marik said referring to the surrender of over 600 Naxals and their supporters in the district during the last month.

Marik, who was accompanied by IG (Intelligence) D S Kutte, also visited the BSF camp at MV-3 for a review meeting on Maoist situation in the naxal-hit district.
The meeting was attended by the senior officials of BSF, CoBRA and state police.

As Malkangiri shares border with Naxal-hit Chhattisgarh, emphasis was laid on strengthening intelligence and search operations in the district.
The DGP complimented jawans of security forces and police personnel for recent success in the operations against Maoists in the district.
Hardcore Maoist Sunadhar, the brain behind the killing of several other top leaders of Congress in Chhattisgarh in May, 2013, was killed along with two of his body guards in Malkangiri district in an encounter with security forces on September 19.