By IANS
New Delhi : Condemning the killing of 18 people in Jharkhand by Maoist rebels Friday, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has asked the central government to immediately draw up a plan for coordinated action by security forces to check the radical leftwing violence.
“The menace of terrorist violence by the Maoists has spread in Jharkhand without the state government and security forces being able to effectively check it,” the CPI-M politburo said in a statement Sunday.
“The central government should immediately draw up a plan for coordinated action by the security forces in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh which are the two most affected states by naxalite violence,” it said.
Anup, the son of former chief minister Babulal Marandi, was among those killed by the Maoists at Chilkhari village in Giridih district.