န Day 4 Of The Battle For Lalgarh

Security forces launch combing operation in Lalgarh
West Bengal Police prepare to retreat amid possibility of Maoist backlash
Lalgarh, Kolkata, 21 June : A day after reclaiming the Lalgarh block headquarters, security forces started combing the surrounding villages in this West Bengal area on Sunday to search for hiding Maoist rebels, weapons and leaders of a tribal group that have declared the zone "liberated".

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has instructed two union ministers of state Mukul Roy and Sisir Adhikari to proced to Midnapore town and stay put there for the next few days, party sources said. A section of intellectuals who arrived here Saturday comprise those who have of late been bitter critics of the state's LF government. "We have visited some interior villages and spoken to the people. We also spoke to Chhatradhar Mahato. People are living in danger. They are very afraid that police may beat them up," theatre personality Saonli Mitra told Bengal Newz. She said some of the villages were empty, while children and women were being beaten up. "We have been told that women are being molested, and water has been contaminated in some villages. People are living without food and water," she alleged. Filmmaker Aparna Sen said: "We are seeing police everywhere. I have never seen so many police in one area."
On the fourth day of the operation launched by the state government to flush out Maoists from this troubled zone in West Midnapore district, senior officials were holding a high level meeting in Kolkata to take stock of the progress made by the joint forces of the centre and the state and chart out a roadmap for the future.
Security reinforcements comprising several companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF), as also state armed police started off from district headquarters Midnapore for the Bhimpur camp, about five km from this town. The forces were searching cars at Pirakulli village, where the Maoists had engaged the security personnel in heavy firing Friday. န Photos : Arpan Mukherjee

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