Adilabad: Top district police officials are in an adventurous mode to take on Maoists. Superintendent of police Dr Tarun Joshi, Bellampalli OSD Sanpreeth Singh and Utnoor DSP S. Malla Reddy walked long distances in the villages crossing rivulets and streams in the forest area of Indravelli and Kadam mandals.
They resorted to this adventure to instill confidence among the people and to reassure them that the police are close to people in tribal areas. SP Dr Tarun Joshi interacted with the Adivasis and enquired about their problems during his 20-km journey out of which he walked for six km. He rode on a bike for part of the distance and walked in the areas where bikes could not be used.
The police seem confident of lack of Naxal activity in the villages and believe that it would be tough for Maoists to stay in the forests in the sweltering heat.
Police strongly believe it is high time to bring the villages, especially Adivasi gudems under their control before the Maoists venture into these gudems and influence the youth.
Police officials also feel that it is the right time for them to tour Adivasi gudems in the interior areas and some of them Maoist-affected areas during the summer before the onset of the rainy season.
A few days ago, SP Tarun Joshi also walked for long distances covering the Adivasi gudems in the Maoist-affected Tiryani mandal and also in Kotapalli and Bheemini mandals.
The district police are regularly conducting free medical camps under Police Meekosam in the Maoist-affected areas of Tiryani and Khanapur in Indravelli medal.
The SP opined that Maoists would not enter the district if the police developed a good rapport with the villagers in the interior areas and promised the Adivasis to resolve their problems by bringing them to the notice of the collector. Adivasis told the SP they were facing problems related to drinking water, roads and medical treatment.
