[ BHUBANESWAR: Director general of Border Security Force Raman Srivastava reviewed the ongoing anti-Maoist operations in the worst-affected Malkangiri district on Sunday.
During his maiden trip to Malkangiri, bordering Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Srivastava discussed with senior officers of the state police and BSF personnel about different operational matters especially in Malkangiri and Koraput districts, official sources said.
Official sources said three battalions of BSF are deployed in Malkangiri to fight left wing guerillas. Two more are doing duty in neighbouring Koraput. Seven battalions of Central Reserve Police Force and one of Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) are also pressed into service in Orissa to deal with the Maoists, who have spread their base to at least 15 of the 30 districts in the state.
Srivastava visited extremism-hit places like Kalimela and Balimela in Malkangiri district and discussed force deployment and certain other logistics issues, official sources said.
SP (Malkangiri) Anirudha Singh described Srivastava's trip as "routine" and said: "Certain operations issues were discussed."
The BSF chief's trip is viewed as a step towards improving coordination between various government agencies and further fine-tuning anti-Maoist operations, which have gathered momentum with police in recent weeks saying it has gunned down several extremists.
Srivastava is scheduled to meet chief minister Naveen Patnaik and chief secretary Bijay Patnaik here on Monday.
State police sources said the central paramilitary forces are yet to prove their effectiveness in the forested and hilly terrains inhabited by Red rebels and it was the special operations group, the state's elite anti-extremist team, which was doing a far better job. The chief secretary sometime back had also expressed dissatisfaction over certain aspects concerning the central forces. The state-level unified command, constituted last year under the chief secretary's stewardship, has representatives from state and central security agencies and has been working towards resolving various such issues, official sources added.
During his maiden trip to Malkangiri, bordering Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Srivastava discussed with senior officers of the state police and BSF personnel about different operational matters especially in Malkangiri and Koraput districts, official sources said.
Official sources said three battalions of BSF are deployed in Malkangiri to fight left wing guerillas. Two more are doing duty in neighbouring Koraput. Seven battalions of Central Reserve Police Force and one of Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) are also pressed into service in Orissa to deal with the Maoists, who have spread their base to at least 15 of the 30 districts in the state.
Srivastava visited extremism-hit places like Kalimela and Balimela in Malkangiri district and discussed force deployment and certain other logistics issues, official sources said.
SP (Malkangiri) Anirudha Singh described Srivastava's trip as "routine" and said: "Certain operations issues were discussed."
The BSF chief's trip is viewed as a step towards improving coordination between various government agencies and further fine-tuning anti-Maoist operations, which have gathered momentum with police in recent weeks saying it has gunned down several extremists.
Srivastava is scheduled to meet chief minister Naveen Patnaik and chief secretary Bijay Patnaik here on Monday.
State police sources said the central paramilitary forces are yet to prove their effectiveness in the forested and hilly terrains inhabited by Red rebels and it was the special operations group, the state's elite anti-extremist team, which was doing a far better job. The chief secretary sometime back had also expressed dissatisfaction over certain aspects concerning the central forces. The state-level unified command, constituted last year under the chief secretary's stewardship, has representatives from state and central security agencies and has been working towards resolving various such issues, official sources added.
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