Combing operations have been stepped up in the jungles alongside the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border to foil potential makes an attempt by Maoists to enter Telangana’s forest-fringe areas spanning Mulugu and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts from Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar division.
The heightened anti-Maoist operations come amid pressure in adjoining strife-torn areas of Chhattisgarh following the latest IED (Improvised Explosive Device) explosion triggered by Maoists killing 10 police personnel and a driver in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on April 26.
Police in Mulugu district have ramped up vigil in the far-flung areas of Venkatapuram, Wazeedu and Perur which share a border with strife-ridden elements of Chhattisgarh, generally known as hotspots of Maoist actions.
With the reported latest motion of some of the highest rung leaders of the outlawed outfit hailing from Telangana in Maoist strongholds in Chhattisgarh, near Telangana border, the vigil alongside the forest-fringe and riverside areas in Telangana’s border mandals has been additional intensified, sources stated.
Police sources stated that well-coordinated anti-Maoist operations have been below manner in the forested border area as half of a multi-pronged technique that envisages optimum use of drones for aerial surveillance in the forested border area to forestall potential entry of Maoists into Telangana.
