PATNA: For countering Maoism or left wing extremism (LWE) in Bihar, safety forces have adopted psychological struggle technique by way of ‘educating’ family members' of cadres of CPI (Maoist) about their millionaire leaders via public campaigns held in core Maoist infested villages of Gaya, Aurangabad, Banka, Jamui and Lakhisarai.
Sources said provision to counter LWE via psychological struggle was already provide on national level, but safety forces across a number of states including Bihar set to work on it in closing three-four months.
IG (Operation) Kundan Krishnan, when asked, said it is very important remove enhance machine and plug financial resources of Maoist leaders and display the truth to deficient villagers who enhance them.
“Public campaigns imparting wisdom about wealthy Maoist leaders were held at a number of core Maoist affected villages located in 5 districts,” Krishnan said.
He said Maoists had roped in youngsters from far off villages in these districts a number of years back they usually were nonetheless energetic.
“Those youngsters, now grown-up, are serving as energetic lower rank armed cadres or known as dasta. Security workforce were concentrated on families of these cadres or the ones about whom we now have information that they could sign up for cadre,” he said.
“The family members and villages are being informed that kids, niece and nephews of Maoist leaders like Sandeep Yadav and Pradyuman Sharma were learning in engineering and clinical colleges by way of paying donations while their son and daughter are roaming in jungles,” he said.
Krishnan said safety workforce, armed with images and different information, are preserving these campaigns the place cadres’ family members are proven lifestyles taste and living usual of circle of relatives and youngsters of Maoist leaders made via extortion (levy) cash.
He said in closing eight months, movable and immovable assets main points value a number of crore of top seven Maoist leaders of Bihar and Jharkhand were sent to Enforcement Directorate (ED) of which assets value above Rs 2.7 crore of Sandeep, Pradyuman and Vinay Yadav were provisionally attached too.
He said cadres’ family members were being motivated to call their son and daughter back shunning path of violence.
“The seek and wreck operation against Maoists would additionally continue with impunity along side such campaigns,” he said. Krishnan, quoting union ministry of home affairs’ newest review, said Gaya, Aurangabad, Jamui and Lakhisarai were amongst top 30 district which can be most LWE affected across India.
According to state police headquarters information, 13 LWE violence incidents were reported until April this 12 months in Bihar against 22 in corresponding period of earlier 12 months. Three civilians and one safety workforce lost their lives in the 13 incidents and altogether 111 Maoists were arrested. Last 12 months, Bihar had witnessed 71 incidents of LWE violence which was lowest after 2007. No safety workforce had died closing 12 months.
Sources said provision to counter LWE via psychological struggle was already provide on national level, but safety forces across a number of states including Bihar set to work on it in closing three-four months.
IG (Operation) Kundan Krishnan, when asked, said it is very important remove enhance machine and plug financial resources of Maoist leaders and display the truth to deficient villagers who enhance them.
“Public campaigns imparting wisdom about wealthy Maoist leaders were held at a number of core Maoist affected villages located in 5 districts,” Krishnan said.
He said Maoists had roped in youngsters from far off villages in these districts a number of years back they usually were nonetheless energetic.
“Those youngsters, now grown-up, are serving as energetic lower rank armed cadres or known as dasta. Security workforce were concentrated on families of these cadres or the ones about whom we now have information that they could sign up for cadre,” he said.
“The family members and villages are being informed that kids, niece and nephews of Maoist leaders like Sandeep Yadav and Pradyuman Sharma were learning in engineering and clinical colleges by way of paying donations while their son and daughter are roaming in jungles,” he said.
Krishnan said safety workforce, armed with images and different information, are preserving these campaigns the place cadres’ family members are proven lifestyles taste and living usual of circle of relatives and youngsters of Maoist leaders made via extortion (levy) cash.
He said in closing eight months, movable and immovable assets main points value a number of crore of top seven Maoist leaders of Bihar and Jharkhand were sent to Enforcement Directorate (ED) of which assets value above Rs 2.7 crore of Sandeep, Pradyuman and Vinay Yadav were provisionally attached too.
He said cadres’ family members were being motivated to call their son and daughter back shunning path of violence.
“The seek and wreck operation against Maoists would additionally continue with impunity along side such campaigns,” he said. Krishnan, quoting union ministry of home affairs’ newest review, said Gaya, Aurangabad, Jamui and Lakhisarai were amongst top 30 district which can be most LWE affected across India.
According to state police headquarters information, 13 LWE violence incidents were reported until April this 12 months in Bihar against 22 in corresponding period of earlier 12 months. Three civilians and one safety workforce lost their lives in the 13 incidents and altogether 111 Maoists were arrested. Last 12 months, Bihar had witnessed 71 incidents of LWE violence which was lowest after 2007. No safety workforce had died closing 12 months.
Security forces' mind game against Maoists
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