Maharashtra DGP asks police to integrate with village economy for the symbiotic relationship

NAGPUR: State director general of police (DGP) Hemant Nagrale, who was on a two-day visit to Maoist-affected Gadchiroli last week, has directed security forces to help boost the local village-level economy by purchasing materials of daily needs from them to foster a symbiotic relationship with them.
The aim of the state top cop is to ensure police plays a dual role of robust custodian and potential customers of the local tribal and other village population.Advising the cops to support the villagers, Nagrale is learnt to have suggested the cops to purchase green veggies, grains, rice, milk, eggs, chicken, mutton and such daily need materials from the villagers, which will go a long way in helping them earn and nurture a mutual dependency for a better rapport.
Nagrale was assistant superintendent (asst SP), Rajura (Chandrapur) in the late 80s — the early days of his career. The state top cop is also learnt to have offered several tactical inputs to the jawans related to safety mechanisms while guarding posts and during operations.
“Police from interior posts already purchase materials of their daily needs from local villagers. The DGP wanted the entire exercise to be more systematic and regular, rather than the casual practice which exists now,” said a senior official.
Nagrale, who visited Sawargaon, Dechlipetha and Dhodraj police posts in the highly sensitive zones along with SP Ankit Goyal and deputy inspector general (DIG) Sandip Patil, had met the jawans deployed at such critical places to boost their morale.
Apart from discussing various operational issues and gathering information about the present status of the Naxalite movement, Nagrale also formally declared accelerated promotion for some of the jawans for their exemplary efforts in tackling the armed guerrilla group.
The DGP also visited the remote Murkudoh post at the tri-junction of Maharashtra’s Gondia, Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon and Balaghat of Madhya Pradesh, where security forces of three states are deployed.
Speaking to the media, Nagrale also said that Maharashtra police have managed to nullify Naxalite influences at Nanded, Bhandara and Chandrapur, while its presence in Gadchiroli and Gondia is being tackled.