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HYDERABAD | 26 – 04 – 2009 | The sudden spurt in Maoist activity in the adjoining States in the last few days has rung alarm bells for the Andhra Pradesh police, which has sounded a high alert, particularly on the inter-State borders.
The Maoists killed 16 police personnel, including 14 men of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), in three incidents in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand since Friday.
Two constables died in a pressure mine blasted by Maoists against a road opening party on a National Highway in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, while 14 CRPF personnel were killed in ambushes in Chintaguppa police station limits of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh and Khunti district of Jharkhand on Friday and Saturday, respectively. ‘Top brass’ of the Andhra Pradesh police apprehend that the incidents were part of Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign by Maoists(TCOC) .
The Maoists were trying to synchronise TCOC with the election campaign by attacking political targets. The TCOC was usually carried out twice a year in December – January and May – June by concentrating on attacks against the enemy, particularly police. Besides killing 16 policemen, the Maoists triggered a landmine targeted at the convoy of the Superintendent of Police of Bijapur, Ankit Garg, in Chhattisgarh on April 6.
The incident which occured barely nine km from the district headquarters town resulted in the death of another constable.
The Maoists also shot dead, on the previous day, four civil constables in the forest of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra and looted cash of Rs 1 crore from a van of SBI between Malkangiri and Chitrakonda in Orissa.
