PATNA: The attacks on paramilitary forces and policemen at two places in Chatra district on Tuesday have not come as a surprise to police officers at the state headquarters. In fact, they do not rule out the possibility of more retaliatory attacks by the Maoist Communist Center as the police intensify operations against the extremist outfit,
Police sources said the MCC would try its best to keep paramilitary forces and the police out of its citadel in Chatra where it claims to have “liberated” four police stations, namely Pratap pur,
Simariya Kunda and Hunterganj.
After the Bara massacre, the police with the help of paramilitary forces, has intensified its operations in the Chatra-Palamau forest belt considered to be a safe hide out for the MCC cadre,
The sources said the administration was virtually non-existent in Chatra district before the launching of police operations. There were police stations without officers-in-charge: MCC activists were still levying “taxes” from the People.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 27, 1992
