C’garh’s new war doctrineFrom Combat to Control

 

 

CHHATTISGARH’S latest anti-Maoist strategy marks a clear shift from combat operations to long-term consolidation. A confidential 11-page police dossier, accessed by The Hitavada, outlines a coordinated push across legal, operational, and infrastructural fronts to permanently dismantle insurgent networks, not just contain them. The document stresses precision over numbers. Surrendered Maoist cadres are to be registered, tracked, and assessed for potential use as guides or improvised explosive device (IED) neutralizers under strict supervision. Each district must maintain a live database, complete with biometric records, to prevent reentry of former fighters under false identities. The policy strictly bars minors from the surrender process and insists that once processed, no cadre can slip back into insurgency. The goal is to extract actionable intelligence while ensuring lawful rehabilitation.

 

On the legal front, prosecution is now integrated into real-time operations. Police have been instructed to prepare arrest memos, seizure lists, and digital evidence during action itself, so that prosecutors can directly align charge-sheets with field intelligence. Special emphasis is laid on the Narayanpur district, where cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) are being fast-tracked with support from the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The focus is to ensure that every encounter or arrest converts into a legally sustainable conviction. Force deployment forms the structural backbone of the dossier. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been asked to redeploy units from stabilized zones into vulnerable regions. Atthe same time, theBorder SecurityForce (BSF) andIndoTibetanBorderPolice(ITBP)are tasked with setting up smaller, mobile posts in potential Maoist revival pockets. This flexible model aims to close escaperoutes andreduce thedangersofcrossfire through tighter coordination between units. Infrastructure planning is being synchronized with security expansion.

 

The Border Roads Organization (BRO)andPublic WorksDepartment (PWD)have been directed to construct access roads and culverts to forward posts. Bore wells are to be drilled in advance, starting with the Idvaya-Ader axis, to ensure water security at camps.Reliance JioInfocomm Limited (RJIL)hasbeenpressed to activate pending telecom towers since delaysin network coveragehavehamperedcoordination. New road and camp projects under SpecialCentral Assistance (SCA) are being launched simultaneously to guarantee troop mobility regardless of weather conditions.Foroversight, thedossier mandates that every district submit weekly composite reports detailing recoveries of IEDsandliterature,arrests,surrenders, and civic outreach operations, supported by photographs.

 

This integrated reporting grid ensures that intelligence, prosecution, and field operations move in sync—turning Chhattisgarh’s anti-Maoist campaign fromacycleofoffensives into a sustained strategy for stability. The report concludes starklystating that troopmovements are shrinking rebel space, new infrastructure is breaking isolation,andUAPAcasesare turningmere associationintopunishment. Controlled surrenders, it adds, use insider knowledge forstate advantage. Theoverallstrategy,thedossier says,isnotjust tocontaininsurgency but to eliminateit denyingrebels time,ground,and the chance to regroup, and ensuring every clash ends decisively throughmilitary action,legal pressure, or psychological control