Police Mull Spl Operational Group to Counter Maoists
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OF THE DAY - M M Mani, Electricity Minister THIRUVANANTHAPURAM SATURDAY 04 09�03�2019 ‘Govt should Police mull Spl Operational Group to counter Maoists clear mystery To toe Odisha’s line where the SOG collects, analyses and documents sensational acts of terrorism and extremism, among other things surrounding AJAY KANTH @Kochi Stop insurgents, extremists Jaleel’s death’ THE Kerala Police is all set to toe As per the police’s proposal, the Maoist leader’s death: Resort employees the line of its Odisha counterpart SOG will function to neutralise in- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE by launching a Special Operation- surgents, extremists and also @ Kozhikode al Group (SOG) to take on rising armed groups indulging in unlaw- Maoist activities here. The SOG ful activities. It will take up appro- come out with contradictory statements OPPOSITION leader Ramesh will exclusively function to neu- priate counter-operations and deal Chennithala on Friday said Jaleel buried near tralise Left-wing extremism in the with all kinds of crisis, contingen- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE the government should clear state. cies and unanticipated situations @Kozhikode ancestral house the mystery surrounding the With a strength of 200 police arising out of terrorism, extrem- The body of CPI (Maoist) leader killing of Maoist leader C P personnel, SOG will function as a ism, hijacking, hostage, acts of THE mystery surrounding the C P Jaleel, who was gunned Jaleel. “Jaleel’s family mem- separate entity under the direct sabotage and subversion. alleged police encounter in down by the police at a private bers have alleged the encoun- control of the state police chief In Odisha, the SOG has been en- which Jaleel was killed took a resort at Lakkidi in Wayanad on ter was fake. There are me- and will be given a free hand to un- trusted with collecting, analysing new turn on Friday morning Wednesday night, was buried in dia reports he was shot from dertake operational activities to and documenting sensational acts with the resort employees a plot adjacent to his ancestral behind. There is a mystery counter Maoist operations. of terrorism and extremism; and coming out with conflicting home at Valarad near surrounding his killing. The “The police have submitted a de- devising or updating suitable statements about the incident. Pandikkad, Malappuram, on Chief Minister should ex- tailed proposal for the SOG to the counter measures. A section of local television Friday. After a four-hour plain the truth to the peo- state government and a formal ap- It also develops training curric- channels reported the employ- autopsy - from 8.45 pm to 12.45 ple,” said Chennithala while proval is expected soon. Many ulum and trains its own personnel ees rejected the cops’ state- pm - at the Kozhikode addressing media persons in states facing Left-wing extremism and those of other units of the ment that Maoists opened fire Government Medical College, Kozhikode. have SOGs and considering the state police in anti-terrorist, anti- first and the cops fired in re- Jaleel’s body was handed over “When we ruled the state, present situation in Kerala, we extremist and non-conventional taliation. However, this, too, to his family members around 1 we arrested three Maoists need it too,” State Police Chief Lo- jungle warfare. w a s c o n t r a d i c t e d pm on Friday. The police and produced them in a kanth Behera told Express. He said Kerala Police have been dealing immediately. Body of Maoist leader C P Jaleel being taken to Malappuram from Kozhikode escorted Jaleel’s body to his court but never engaged in a the unit will work independently with Maoists in the state with an K T Renjith, the manager of Medical College Hospital after postmortem examination | MANU R MAVELIL house at Valarad where it was shootout. The LDF Govern- and have its own operational intel- iron fist after the LDF Govern- Upavan Resort where the gun- kept for two hours for the ment is a complete failure in ligence wing. ment assumed power. Though fight took place, told Express the police reached the spot,” ered from near his body. On public to pay homage. The body understanding the looming Senior police officers said the there have been allegations of the a section of the media twisted Renjith said. Thursday, IG (Kannur range) was buried around 4.15 pm. A threat from Maoists in the SOG will function like the Grey- police staging fake encounters to his statement. The police said they found Balram Kumar Upadhyay had heavy contingent of police state. Repeated incidents of hounds of Telangana and Andhra finish off three Maoists, including “I was away from the resort Jaleel’s body lying face down said the Maoists had opened personnel was deployed in and Maoists being killed show Pradesh. a woman, in the state since June when the gunfight took place in the resort’s premises. The fire. “Though we asked them around the area. A the incompetence of the gov- “In Kerala, the SOG will primar- 2016, police officers opine Maoists and came to know of it only inquest by the cops found the to surrender, they continued commemoration meeting, ernment, “ he said. ily focus its operation in Wayanad, have escalated their operations from other employees. I never bullets had hit him from be- shooting which led to the gun- attended by alleged Maoist He added a judicial investi- Kannur, Palakkad and Malap- and are using firearms against po- said the police opened fire. I hind. A country-made gun and fight,,” Upadhyay had told sympathisers and human rights gation as per the Supreme puram,” the officers said. lice patrolling teams. said the gunfight started after eight shells were also recov- mediapersons. activists, was held later. Court guidelines should be conducted into the incident. Police intensify vigil against Maoists across rural Kozhikode “When two Maoists were Kozhikode: The police have intensified their vigil against Maoist activists across the rural killed in Nilambur firing, areas of the district in the wake of encounter death of Maoist leader C P Jaleel at Vaythiri CPI state secretary Kanam in Wayanad. The rural police have initiated special patrolling along the forest areas under Rajendran had strongly criti- their limit in the past two days.The police have identified Maoist threat under eight police cised the government. But station limits - Valayam, Thottilapalam, Kuttiady, Kurachund, Thiruvambadi, Kodacheri, this time, he was unaware of Thamarassery and Pantheerankavu. Nadapuram DySP Prince Abraham said special what had happened. And patrolling and search were conducted across the region. that is surprising,” he said. EXPRESS READ Revenue Minister to inaugurate cyclone shelter construction today T’Puram: The government will construct multi-purpose cyclone shelters in 17 places in the state’s coastal areas. Revenue Minister E Chandrasekharan will inaugurate the project at Serambi in Ponniam near Kadirur on Saturday. The shelters are being constructed as per the D167.48 crore National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project to be implemented by the State Disaster Management Agency with the World Bank’s assistance. The shelters will come up in 1,000 sq ft. The three-storey buildings will have provision for potable water, lavatories and first aid facilities. P K Venugopal supports privatisation of airport EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ T’Puram AT a time when sen- ior Con- g r e s s l e a d e r s are oppos- ing privatisa- tion of Thiruvanan- thapuram International Airport, KPCC member and former TRIDA chair- man P K Venugopal has come out supporting the privatisation move, term- ing it imperative for the overall development of the airport. “Private investment will lead to more opportu- nities here. Unless more investment is brought into the airport and its facili- ties are enhanced, it won’t be able to compete with other private-run airports in the state. The presence of other airports at Kan- nur, Kozhikode and Kochi has diminished the signif- icance of Thiruvanan- thapuram airport. Many airlines have reduced flight operations to the state capital. Some have even stopped their ser- vice. The proposed Sabari- mala airport could also affect this airport,” said Venugopal in a statement here. Maintaining the opposi- tion towards private par- ticipation by the Left Gov- ernment can only be viewed as one with a hid- den agenda, he said pri- vate participation will fetch contracts with more international airlines and enhance its efficiency. “When we have no qualms to accept private partner- ship in Kochi and Kannur airports, the opposition towards private participa- tion can only be viewed as a move to destroy the air- port,” he alleged..