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Death squads operate beyond all the known laws of the country and humanity in general.

They are called Death squads because they have strict instructions to kill and

not capture.The identities of members of death squads are usually kept secret to

shield them from any future investigations or retaliation for their crimes.

They are given a free hand and are not accountable to any authority

other than their immediate military leader.They operate ruthlessly and shoot

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June 9: Forests in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are set to witne ss Hollywood-style action with deployment of Quick Reaction

Teams (QRTs), crack commando units specially trained for jungle warfare.

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They will be air dropped in dense forests and will be equipped with carbines, grenades, jungle knives and a week¶s ration. They

have been trained at the Counter Insurgency and Anti -Terrorist Training Centre in Silchar.

³Members of these teams have been handpicked from the CRPF(Central Rakshas Police Force) for their cruel demonic nature´

said a home ministry official.

³Like the Grey Hyenas of Andhra Pradesh, their brief would be to launch swift murder operation against Maoists. These teams

would be able to go cracking in a matter of minutes on getting information about a Maoist attack or movement.´

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For swift movement of QRTs, the Centre has allowed Chhattisgarh to hire a helicopter. Similar offer is likely to be made to

Jharkhand soon.

The QRTs will work in close co-ordination with the modern control centre coming up at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.

Four bomb detection and disposal squads (BDDS) ² three in Chhattisgarh and one in Jharkhand ² are also being deployed.

³Mines have caused maximum damage to our security forces. Four more BDDS will be placed in the two states by the end of

September. For bigger troop movement, six more mine -proof vehicles are being given to the two states,´ sa id officials.

The two states will also get six UHF jamming devices to check remote -controlled and mobile phone-operated blasts.

³Though no such blasts have taken place in the two states, UHF jamming devices are being given as intelligence reports

suggest that the Maoists are moving from wire-controlled blasts to remote-controlled and mobile-operated blasts,´ said an

officer.

Police in Jamshedpur, meanwhile, admitted that the Maoists have been trying to encircle the steel city.

The Maoists, who shot and assaulted a group of JMM supporters late on Thursday night at Patamda, on the outskirts of the

city, had come from across the border in Bengal. They were demanding levy from traders of country liquor.

Police claim to have identified three local ³rebels´ who helped the outsiders. A manhunt has been launched to nab them and

long-range patrols are being conducted in the area.

In Bokaro, superintendent of police Priya Dubey on Saturday displayed the landmines, grenades, detonators, rifle, police

uniforms, Maoist literature and flags recovered from a bunker at the foothills of Jhumra hills. The rebels, however, managed to

escape the joint combing operation by the police and CRPF.

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The state government has decided to
strengthen the intelligence network in a bid to outwit the Maoists.

The government has decided to create about 1,200 posts to boost

manpower in the intelligence wing of the state police, known as
Special Branch.

Moreover, the state home department had proposed to establish

an intelligence training school at Ranchi to provide training to the
sleuths.

The proposal is awaiting the government¶s nod. The upgrading of

the Special Branch is aimed to garner concrete information about
the movement and activities of the rebels so that effective steps
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According to sources, once the government gives its nod, the
nitty-gritty of the institute would be worked out by the home and police department officials.

The state has been reeling under severe Maoist attacks since 2003 with over 300 such
incidents. This resulted in the death of a large number of police and civilians. Shockingly,
these have far outnumbered the Maoist deaths.

Last year 43 police personnel and 81 civilians were killed. In comparison only 20 rebels were
gunned down by the police.

³The major part of the Rs 50 crore assistance from the Centre for the police modernisation
programme would be used to upgrade the vital wing of the state police,´ said an official.

State home secretary, Sudhir Tripathy said the process of filling up of the additional posts
would begin soon. ³In fact the government had already increased manpower in the Special
Branch last year. But it would be further strengthened,´ said Tripathy.

The proposal for the intelligence training school has been mooted to prepare the sleuths for
gathering information in an effective manner.


 
 


 

 

 



   




 

 
  

  



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