Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Thursday that the security forces will target the pipeline that is supplying money and promoting Naxalism through ‘Urban Naxals’ to wipe out the menace from its roots. The term ‘Urban Naxal’ is often used by some segments of the political spectrum to describe sympathisers of the Naxalism cause and certain social activists. The police and Hawk Force are working well and the Government has been successful in effectively controlling Naxal activities in MP, Mishra told reporters after chairing a high-level meeting to review the situation in insurgency-affected districts. “To end the Naxal ideology from its roots, we have decided to take effective action against the pipeline and Urban Naxalites supplying money and promoting the ideology. We should go to its roots,” said Mishra.

 

The Hawk Force is the elite unit to combat the Naxalites in State. The Director General of Police (DGP), Sudhir Saxena, Adarsh Katiyar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), and ADGP Ashok Awasthi were among those who attended the meeting. “We should find out how Urban Naxalites are indulged in brainwashing to promote their ideology and their different sources of funding by attacking their roots to end the menace,” said Mishra, who is also the spokesperson of the BJP-rule government in MP. The Home Minister said that Naxalites are misusing ammonium nitrate, being supplied to farmers, as explosives. An effective strategy will be chalked out to ensure that the chemical doesn’t reach the Naxals, he said. He also said that because of efforts made by security agencies, including the police, Hawk Force and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the situation in Naxal-affected districts, bordering Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, is under control. In the last 10 months, forces have eliminated or caught a number of Naxalites carrying a total reward of Rs 1.5 crore.