This story is from August 31, 2020

Naga Armed battalion withdrawn from Purulia

Naga Armed battalion withdrawn from Purulia
Purulia: India Reserve Battalion’s 14th Nagaland Armed Police Battalion is being withdrawn from Purulia, part of the erstwhile Red bastion. The withdrawal, the local administration feels, will expose strategic locations to renewed Maoist threat.
However, it has been decided that state armed police battalions will take charge of six units till four companies of CRPF take charge.

The Ayodhya Hills and its surroundings, where these units are located, were the hotbed of Maoist activities till 2010.
The 30-member Ayodhya platoon of Maoists was a dangerous force. Three key members of the platoon are still absconding and may regroup into a new force.
Naga Armed Force, which has expertise in jungle warfare, was engaged in two successive encounters in Ayodhya Hills, in which many Maoists were killed. After that, most leaders surrendered and many fled to other states. The Ayodhya Hills forest area is part of the contiguous Jangalmahal where Maoists campaigned against the state administrative machinery and brought large parts of land under their control.
Commanding officer of 14th Naga Armed Police Battalion Mondko Yanchu said, “We have long been associated with the joy and sorrow of the villagers. These people are very simple, honest and straightforward. Our stay with them will always be cherished with a lot of fondness.”

The camps were located strategically at EPSP and hill top (Baghmundi police station) Pathor Bandh and Kumari Kanon (Balarampur police station), Sirkabad (Arsa police station) and Morguma (Kotsila police station area). “It was decided that two companies of CRPF personnel will take over in the first phase and two more in the second phase,” said CRPF inspector-general Pradeep Kumar Singh,
The first two companies on their way from Kashmir got stuck in a landslide. They will arrive a little later.
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