No involvement of army in anti-Naxal operations: Union Home Secy

May 08, 2017 23:50

The Centre today ruled out taking any help from the army in tackling the Naxals and said there will be more coordination between the states and central forces after removing all differences.

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi also said that demonetisation had choked funding to the Naxals and they became more desperate since then.

"There is no question of involvement of the army in the anti-Naxal operations, not even in training purposes," he told reporters after a day-long meeting of chief ministers of Naxal-hit states which was chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh here.

Mehrishi, however, said personnel of state and central security forces have been attending training capsules with the army for decades and that have nothing to do with the anti- Naxal operations.

The Union home secretary said the policy of zero tolerance towards Maoist violence will continue along with the development initiatives in backward Naxal-infested region.

Mehrishi said a high-level committee, under his chairmanship, has been set up to fine tune a comprehensive anti-Naxal strategy and how to better use modern technology in curbing the Maoist menace.

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