Naxals are trying to build new bases along the shared border of Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh.
According to a report of Intelligence agencies, Naxals plan to develop Jan Militia or underground fronts among local villagers and have chosen 100 villages under Gondia-Rajnandgaon-Balaghat division for the purpose. The Naxal outfits have also consolidated themselves at the tri-junction of Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh and organised multiple training camps for expansion in the future.
The report also revealed Naxal’s plan to target security forces deployed in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas. “Senior members of Area Committee of Naxals instructed its Small Action Teams to identify and kill SPOs and Intelligence staffs of security forces and police informers,” it added.
A home ministry official said, “We are keeping eyes on these developments like what is the scale of Maoist activities in these areas and What is the current Security Forces deployments in tri-junction of Chattisgarh-Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh borders and or if there are any gaps?”
“The decision by Naxals to expand activities on a larger scale in Chattisgarh-Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh area was taken long ago and now their one division has been found recently active in bordering area of Balaghat, Rajnandgaon and Gondia districts. Naxals are planning to target Security Forces and to disrupt developmental activities,” the official added.
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