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Operation to disarm factionists in Cuddapah

By Our Staff Reporter

CUDDAPAH, AUG. 11. The Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order), V. Dinesh Reddy, announced on Wednesday that the Cuddapah police would launch an `Operation Blue Fox' next week, aimed at disarming factionists and curbing their free movement in the district.

He reviewed policing and the law and order scenario with sub-divisional police officers at the district police office, along with the Inspector-General, Rayalaseema, B.R. Meena, the Kurnool Range DIG, A.B. Venkateswara Rao, and the Cuddapah SP, V.C. Sajjanar.

Modalities

Addressing newsmen, he said the Cuddapah SP would work out the modalities and organise intensive vehicle checks to seize firearms and lethal weapons. The district police would closely monitor faction-ridden villages and take steps to curb factionalism and nip the trouble in the bud, Mr. Dinesh Reddy said.

Direct-recruit DSPs and efficient police officers would be posted in faction-ridden circles, the Additional DGP said. Factionists' movements would be regulated and they would be provided security cover to attend court hearings, marriages or while in parole, to prevent attacks by rivals.

The SP and SDPOs would visit four to five faction-hit villages every month, hold discussions with rival groups and strive to bring about a rapprochement, Mr. Dinesh Reddy said.

Developmental teams of revenue and police officials, headed by the Collector, Jayesh Ranjan, and the SP would visit the naxal-affected Rayachoti and Lakkireddipalle constituencies and resolve problems locally.

Combing operations had been suspended, but naxals would not be allowed to visit villages carrying arms, Mr. Dinesh Reddy stated.

Modernisation project

The Rs. 70 crores sanctioned for modernisation of the police force had been fully utilised and there was no dearth of men and material, he said. Andhra Pradesh police was the best in communication facilities and utilisation of human resource, he said.

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