The Naxal attempt to move to the cities has also been noticed in Chhattisgarh, large tracts of which are already in their grip. Intelligence inputs received by security sources have revealed that the presence of Naxal cadres has increased in the urban areas of the state, including Raipur. Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Vishwaranjan too confirmed to The Indian Express that there has been an increase in Naxalite presence in the urban areas of Chhattisgarh. Police sources said that disclosures by several arrested ideologues, including Narayan Sanyal who is in judicial custody after his arrest from Raipur, pointed to the bid by Naxals to move towards the cities.

Despite the threat, the Centre-State response and coordination leaves much to be desired. Naxalites looted 1091 weapons during the attack on the Nayagarh police armoury in Orissa on February 16 but till date the CRPF has not been told what weapons were taken away by the extremists. Inducted into counter-operations two days later, the CRPF has so far recovered 1029 weapons, including 500 .303 rifles, 30 INSAS rifles and 20 SLRs. But there is no way to confirm whether these are the same weapons that were looted from Nayagarh.