Thiruvananthapuram: The Thunderbolts and Kerala anti-terror squad (KATS), the specialised divisions of the state police, will be provided with more refined equipment together with handheld GPS gadgets, and more collection of bullet-proof jackets for jungle operations in the wake of reports on repeated sightings of Maoists in the state.
The handheld GPS gadgets will be useful whilst endeavor combing operations inside the forests in Wayanad and Malappuram and in areas of Palakkad, Kannur and rural Kozhikode the place the Maoists were sighted. The gadgets will be useful for forces for sending the exact location whilst requesting reinforcement, identifying the coordinates of a landmark inside the forest and finding some extent inside the forests.
The govt has issued orders to acquire 27 handheld GPS gadgets. The Centre had sanctioned 50 gadgets for the state police beneath the modernisation of police force scheme.
The govt has additionally sanctioned the purchase of 5,000 body coverage equipment for the police at a value of Rs 4.5 crore.
The police had just lately procured 200 self-loading rifles (7.62 mm) and 200 sub-machine guns of 9 mm carbine.
The state police have stepped up their combing operations inside the forests after the shootout at Lakkidi in Wayanad on March 6, wherein one Maoist cadre was once killed, and the sightings two weeks later, on March 25 near forest inspection bungalow in Thirunelli. They had additionally pasted posters pronouncing that they would avenge the killing in their cadre in Lakkidi.
In a recent overview assembly in regards to the anti-Maoist action convened through the manager secretary, it was once decided to acquire bullet-proof body armour, with the intention to have a greater defence in the wake of the face-off with the ultra-Lefts.
The handheld GPS gadgets will be useful whilst endeavor combing operations inside the forests in Wayanad and Malappuram and in areas of Palakkad, Kannur and rural Kozhikode the place the Maoists were sighted. The gadgets will be useful for forces for sending the exact location whilst requesting reinforcement, identifying the coordinates of a landmark inside the forest and finding some extent inside the forests.
The govt has issued orders to acquire 27 handheld GPS gadgets. The Centre had sanctioned 50 gadgets for the state police beneath the modernisation of police force scheme.
The govt has additionally sanctioned the purchase of 5,000 body coverage equipment for the police at a value of Rs 4.5 crore.
The police had just lately procured 200 self-loading rifles (7.62 mm) and 200 sub-machine guns of 9 mm carbine.
The state police have stepped up their combing operations inside the forests after the shootout at Lakkidi in Wayanad on March 6, wherein one Maoist cadre was once killed, and the sightings two weeks later, on March 25 near forest inspection bungalow in Thirunelli. They had additionally pasted posters pronouncing that they would avenge the killing in their cadre in Lakkidi.
In a recent overview assembly in regards to the anti-Maoist action convened through the manager secretary, it was once decided to acquire bullet-proof body armour, with the intention to have a greater defence in the wake of the face-off with the ultra-Lefts.
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