Rajnath promises ‘Black Panther’ to contain Maoist menace in C’garh

NewsBharati    22-May-2018
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Raipur, May 22: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday promised a specialised police force for Chhattisgarh to tackle the Maoist menace effectively in the state.

Rajnath Singh’s assurance came a day after the Maoists targeted patrolling party in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district killing seven of the security personnel by exploding the IED.

Rajnath Singh was interacting with the media persons after chairing a meeting on Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the state. State Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh was also present at the meeting held in Mantralaya at Naya Raipur.

Rajnath Singh said that Chhattisgarh will have a new force on the lines of the ‘Greyhounds’. This force will be known as ‘Black Panther’. Training to personnel who will be part of this new force is being imparted and it will soon be made operational, he said.

The Greyhounds are a special force in Telengana and Andhra Pradesh that specialises in anti-insurgency operations against Naxalites and Maoists.

The Home Minister said that the government was keeping an eye on the money stashed by the Maoists. We have information that they have made assets to the tune of crores of rupees. It also cannot be ruled out that the money is stashed outside India.

He claimed that the children of the Maoist leaders were studying in “big schools and universities” and the government was keeping a tab on this also.

The Hom,e Minister further said the government would make all the efforts to choke the resource flow to the Maoists even by seizing the illegally amassed properties after they are identified.