Central forces begin operation against Maoists in Lalgarh.Byline: ANI Lalgarh (West Bengal) June 18(ANI): The West Bengal Police The West Bengal Police is the police force of West Bengal, India. It is headed by a Director General of Police and comes under the state home department. The police administration in the state is divided into some police zones, each headed by an Inspector General of Police. , supported by central paramilitary forces, initiated the operation to flush out Maoist from Lalgarh in West Midnapore District of West Bengal. It was the forth day, since the red brigade captured nearly fifty villages in and around Lalgarh, which is nearly 150 Km from the state capital Kolkatta, and declared it as the liberated zone. According to sources the central government has rushed five companies of CRPF and Three companies of BSF BSF B lymphocyte stimulatory factor. . The Cobra force, which is trained to fight the Maoists, has been kept on alert. Meanwhile the West Bengal unit of CPM has called for 12-hour long bandh For "bandh" as used in yoga, see . Bandh, originally a Hindi word meaning 'closed', is a form of protest used by political activists in some countries in South Asia like India and Nepal. . (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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