Innovative Practices in

Security Management for

Khunti PC in GPE 2014

TORPA ASSEMBLY CONSTITUE

NCY

KHUNTI ASSEMBLY

CONSTITUENCY

TAMAR ASSEMBLY

CONSTITUENCY

Khunti PC has three Acs- Khunti, Torpa and Tamar

Naxal Scenario• KHUNTI IS AMONGST TOP NAXAL AFFECTED DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY. IT HAS SIX

BLOCKS AND ALL ARE AFFECTED WITH NAXAL ACTIVITY. CPI(MAOIST) IS PRESENT IN FOUR BLOCKS AND TWO ARE AFFECTED BY PLFI ACTIVITY. MURHU BLOCK AND KHUNTI BLOCK ARE MOST SENSITIVE BECAUSE BOTH GROUPS FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE.

• CPI(MAOIST) AND PLFI ARE THE MAIN NAXAL GROUPS ACTIVE IN THE DISTRICT.

• THE DISTRICT FALLS UNDER BUNDU - CHANDIL SUB ZONE IN ARKI PS AREA & PARTIALLY UNDER PORAHAT SUB ZONE IN RANIA PS AREA UNDER SOUTH CHOTANAGPUR ZONAL COMMITTEE OF JHARKHAND REGIONAL COMMITTEE UNDER THE BJNCSAC (BIHAR JHARKHAND NORTH CHATTISGARH SPECIAL AREA COMMITTEE )

• TWO MAOIST AREA COMMITTEES – CHALKAD AREA COMMITTEE & DASHAM AREA COMMITTEE ARE ACTIVE IN THE DISTRICT

Naxal presence During GPE – 2014

• TWO CPI(MAOIST) COMPANIES:- CC-2 COY WITH SANDEEP & SAC -2 COY WITH DEEPAK (OUT OF 6 IN THE ENTIRE BJNCSAC) WERE PRESENT IN FOREST AREA OF BIRBANKI UNDER PS

• 3 TOP MAOIST CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS (MISIR BESRA @ SUNIRMAL, PRASANT BOSE @ KISAN DA AND VIVEK @ KARAM WERE PRESENT IN THE CONGREGATION.

• ANAL , ANMOL , RAJESH , PRASAD , SARITA, DIMBA PAHAN , MAHARAJ PRAMANIK , RAM MOHAN , GULSAN , BOYEDA , LAWA , SOHRAI WERE OTHER COMMANDERS PRESENT IN THE SAME AREA

• ONE STRONG MAOIST TEAM WITH KUNDAN PAHAN IN BARIGARHA AREA ON ARKI – TAMAR BORDER

• ONE MAOIST TEAM OF DUBRAJ MANKI IN LANDUP AREA UNDER KHUNTI PS• ONE STRONG MAOIST TEAM OF JEEVAN KANDULNA IN PORAHAT AREA ON RANIA

BORDER • BEFORE ELCTION PROCESS , PLFI BLASTED VEHICLE OF O/C MURHU (IST BLAST

DONE BY PLFI ) WHICH CREATED ANOTHER THREAT IN THE DISTRICT • AS PER INFORMATION , PLFI CADRES PLANTED LANDMINES ON FEW TRACKS • MAOISTS DID HEAVY MINING ON THE ROADS/TRACKS IN THE AREA OF THEIR

PRESENCE

NAXAL AFFECTED AREAS OF KHUNTI

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CPI (MAOISTS) AFFECTED BOOTHS

HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SECURITY MANAGEMENT

• BOOTH SENSITIVITY PROFILING AND REORGANISATION OF CLUSTERS BASED ON REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE INPUTS.

• ARTERIAL ROUTES IDENTIFIED AND CLUSTERS CREATED THERE TO PROVIDE ROLLING ROPs

• ROUTES FOR HYPERSENSITIVE BOOTHS PREPARED WITH THE HELP OF GOOGLE MAPS TO AVOID BEATEN TRACKS. WERE NOT DISCLOSED IN RECORDS.

• MEDICAL PLAN, COMMUNICATION PLAN, INDUCTION- DEINDUCTION PLAN.• MINIMAL BOOTH RELOCATION ONLY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE REAL THREAT EXISTED.• USE OF VEHICLES- TYPE DEPENDENT UPON SENSITIVITY. AVOIDED COMPLETELY IN

AREAS OF NAXAL PRESENCE. USE OF MOTORCYCLES• USE OF HELICOPTERS FOR AREAL DROPPING OF POLLING PARTIES, AREAL RECCEE

AND CONTINGENCY• LUP BY FORCES IN CLUSTERS WHERE MAOISTS HAD PLANNED AMBUSHES• SIMULTANEOUS OPERATIONS BY SPECIAL FORCES- COBRA, JJ THAT ACTED AS BUFFER

CLUSTERS ON KHUNTI ARKI ROAD

ARTERIAL ROUTE IDENTIFIED AND CLUSTERS PROVIDED THERECLUSTER TO BOOTH MOVEMENT WAS CROSS COUNTRY MAPS PROVIDED TO COMPANY COMMANDERS FOR REFERENCE WITH GPS FITTED WITH ROUTES

CLUSTER OF RANIA & SODE

ROP PROVIDED

ROLLING ROP DURING INDUCTION AND DEINDUCTION

CLUSTER TO BOOTH ROUTES

KEWRA

BHURSUDIHKOPE

FORCES STAYED IN LUP TO AVOID BEING TRAPPED BY MAOISTS

RELOCATION OF BOOTHS

ONLY BOOTHS THAT HAD PRESENCE OF MAOISTS PLANNING TO SABOTAGE WERE RELOCATED

LARGE CONGREGATION

OF MAOISTS DURING ELECTION

BOOTH RELOCATION IN RANIA PS

HELICOPTER PLAN

ONLY CLUSTERS WITH REAL INTELLIGENCE OF IED OR AMBUSH POLLING PARTIES WERE DROPPED USING HELICOPTERS WHILE FORCES WERE IN LUP AROUND HELIPAD.

CLUSTERS FOR AERIAL DROPPING

SPECIAL OPS FOR BUFFER

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SPECIAL FORCES IN OPERATION PROVIDED BUFFER TO POLLING PARTIES DURING ELECTION

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