Indians mull new strategy to counter Maoist threat
Afp, New Delhi
Top officials from more than dozen Indian states met in New Delhi Thursday to construct a new strategy to counter a decades-old but worsening Maoist insurgency, home ministry officials said. They said the government and police will "review and coordinate steps being taken by the affected states to effectively combat leftist guerrillas, a spokesman said. The brainstorming meet comes just over a month after 55 policemen were killed by Maoists in central Chhattisgarh state in one of the worst ever attacks on Indian security forces. The March 16 incident followed the assassination of high-profile federal MP Sunil Mahto by Maoists in neighbouring Jharkhand state on March 4. He was the first national-level politician to be assassinated by the left-wing rebels.
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