Security forces have busted two Naxal camps and arrested an 'area commander' besides 20 ultras as part of its first inter-state anti-Naxal operations launched along the Jharkhand-West Bengal-Orissa border. The operation,which started a few days back,a result of several months of planning,includes security personnel from the Special Action Force of the CRPF besides the local police of the three states. Official sources said the operation involved the forests of Chaibasa and they plan to secure the porous border areas,which have a strong presence of Naxals. During the strike on Wednesday,the forces came across a training camp in the forests besides cooked food and utensils for nearly 200 Naxals. Also,recovered were large quantity of medicines and a well laid out water pipeline for the camp with Sintex tanks. Naxal literature and 10 Improvised Explosive Devices were also seized,the sources said. They said Pandu Majhi,an 'area commander' of the Naxals was also arrested besides 20 other people till date as part of the operation. The forces,armed with modern assault rifles,GPS,satellite phones and assisted by helicopters for aerial survey,have been divided into various formations. Sources said after the current operation,the forces will concentrate on the Bihar Orissa-West Bengal border. Sources said four companies (400 personnel) of central forces are in action from each state. They are assisting the state police. While the Centre had already moved about 60,000 personnel to Naxal-hit states over the last few months,the operation till now was only intra-state. The first state where the operation was initiated was Chhattisgarh followed by Maharashtra.
