HYDERABAD: A day after Maoists attacked a police camp base in Cherla of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, police officials swung into action and started identifying the left-wing extremists and their dalam details. A senior officer said that they have inputs that Maoists Telangana battalions might have participated in the latest attack.
"Anticipating further threat, senior officials did not visit the spot suspecting that the extremists could have planted IEDs. Once the route is cleared, senior officers will visit the spot and analyse the incident," sources said.
The state police officials have obtained leads that the banned party has been targeting police base camps for the past few months not only in Telangana but also bordering localities in an attempt to create disturbances.
"In the Cherla incident, they used a number of under-barrel grenade launchers but fortunately 80 per cent of them failed to work properly. Our staff collected launchers and defused them. We will conduct a thorough probe and identify the dalam members based on the grenade launchers used in the attack," officials said.
The Maoists had attacked the newly established police base camp at Dharmaram under Pamedu police limits in the Telangana and Chhattisgarh border on January 17. It was in vain as they had used non-functional launchers, sources said.
Following the Cherla incident, police have issued alerts in several Telangana districts asking the police units to be vigilant and contact headquarters in any emergency situations. A senior rank of officer from the DGP office is closely monitoring the situation.
