Security forces on high alert as PLGA week commences in Odisha

ROURKELA: With the banned CPI (Maoist) observing 24th People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) week from Sunday midnight, security forces are on high alert on the Odisha-Jharkhand border.

Rourkela police and their West Singhbhum counterparts in Jharkhand have stepped up operations along the border. The South Eastern Railway (SER) too has strengthened surveillance of railway tracks to avert any untoward incident.

The Eastern Regional Command of CPI (Maoist) through banners and posters put up across Naxal-infested pockets of West Singhbhum has sought locals’ cooperation to make the PLGA week a success. One poster in Hindi sought people’s support to reduce losses and enhance the victory ratio of the outfit in guerrilla wars.