‘Impose curfew, fine on villagers for helping Naxals’
19 Aug 2013 5:46 AM IST
Imposing curfew, slapping collective fine and taking to task sarpanch and elders in villages found to be giving food and shelter to Maoists are some of the measures suggested by Mumbai Commissioner of Police Satyapal Singh to cripple the Naxal menace.
Calling Maoists ‘snakes’ for declaring a war against the state, he said, ‘They (Naxals) need to be searched, driven out or neutralised’ by putting ‘collective responsibility’ on villagers as even ‘passive neutrality’ of locals is advantageous to the Maoists and an obstacle for security agencies.
In the latest issue of the Indian Police Journal (IPJ), a compendium of thoughts and comments of senior police and intelligence community officers brought out by the BPRD, the 1980-batch Maharashtra cadre police officer was critical about the state of affairs in dealing with Naxal violence, termed as the biggest threat to the internal security of the country.
He wrote that as far as anti-Maoist strategy in the country is concerned, the coordination among government agencies exists ‘mainly on paper’.
He said it was time to admit that the locals are not with the administration despite building roads, bridges and other infrastructure and it has led to little improvement in their quality of life.
Calling Maoists ‘snakes’ for declaring a war against the state, he said, ‘They (Naxals) need to be searched, driven out or neutralised’ by putting ‘collective responsibility’ on villagers as even ‘passive neutrality’ of locals is advantageous to the Maoists and an obstacle for security agencies.
In the latest issue of the Indian Police Journal (IPJ), a compendium of thoughts and comments of senior police and intelligence community officers brought out by the BPRD, the 1980-batch Maharashtra cadre police officer was critical about the state of affairs in dealing with Naxal violence, termed as the biggest threat to the internal security of the country.
He wrote that as far as anti-Maoist strategy in the country is concerned, the coordination among government agencies exists ‘mainly on paper’.
He said it was time to admit that the locals are not with the administration despite building roads, bridges and other infrastructure and it has led to little improvement in their quality of life.
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