By IANS,
Raipur : The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cannot survive in the jungles without having a urban base as they rely on logistics support from their network in the cities, Chhattisgarh police chief Vishwa Ranjan said Saturday.
“Without an urban base, the Maoists can’t operate an underground movement in the forests. They rely on logistics support from their urban network,” Ranjan, a former additional director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), said at a press conference here.
“They (the Maoists) can’t survive without an urban base. Police in Chhattisgarh have cracked down hard on rebels’ urban network throughout 2009 and the Maoists have now been put under severe police pressure in the state,” Ranjan maintained.
Responding to a question, he denied that the police were not getting the support of the locals in their operations against the Maoists in the interiors. “Police are getting good support from the local population in the drive against insurgents as the people are with Maoists only because of fear, not because of the heart,” Ranjan remarked.