Jamshedpur: With the March 31 deadline for eliminating Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) from the country drawing closer, the Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Gyanendra Pratap Singh, on Wednesday visited Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district to review the ongoing anti-Naxal operation.The top cop of the central paramilitary force extensively reviewed Operation Black Forest during his meeting with the top officials of the CRPF and the state police, who are directly involved in the operation to weed out the banned CPI(Maoist) cadres from the Saranda forest.“The meeting broadly discussed the roadmap for the future course of action. Strategic matters relating to the field operation were deliberated upon,” said SP Amit Renu.The SP refrained from divulging details of the marathon meeting.Sources said that the focus of the meeting was on nabbing Misir Besra, the last remaining high-ranking Maoist commander with a Rs 1 crore bounty on his head, who is active in the Saranda forest with his 50-member squad.“How security forces can execute the final assault with least risk of damage was discussed, besides the probable safe routes were explored at the meeting,” said a police source.Notably, the CRPF DG visited the Maoist-hit district for the third time in a row in the last three months. He had last visited on March 6 and Jan 19.The regular casualties of the security personnel in the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts were also discussed. The DG directed the commanding officials to ensure zero casualty during combing and long-range patrolling.Reinforcement of the forces in the operation area, coordination with the adjoining state, Odisha, besides other issues, were discussed at the meeting.
