Six companies of the Nagaland Armed Police deployed in Ayodhya hills in Purulia district of West Bengal will be withdrawn as the Naga-peace-talks between the Centre and the Naga groups have reached the final stage.
This has been done to beef up Nagaland’s internal security.
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The Ayodhya Hills was once the hotbed of Maoists and it housed a 34-member platoon of elite People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) members – the military component of CPI (Maoists).
As a part of Indian Reserve Battalion, the Nagaland Armed Police troopers were deployed in the Ayodhya Hills in 2009.
Joint operations were launched in 2009 in Junglemahal – Left Wing Extremism (LWE) areas of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura districts.
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A recent MHA order asked the West Bengal government to release the six companies as they would be re-deployed in Nagaland ahead of the signing of the Naga-peace accord.
MHA sources informed that the six companies will head back to Nagaland by December second week.
“The MHA has asked the CRPF to re-deploy in the Ayodhya hills in consultation with the state,” informed a senior MHA official.