Naxals amassing hi-tech weapons, Chhattisgarh Police worried

RAIPUR: The recovery of high-tech arms, ammunition and gadgets from Maoist hideouts in Chhattisgarh recently has set alarm bells ringing as police apprehend that the ultras are working on strengthening mobile warfare strategy against security forces in the Naxal-hit state.


As per intelligence sources, the devices were earlier never found with the ultras.

"Advanced direction finder-GPS, China made binoculars, claymore landmines and many other latest devices have been recovered from Maoist hideouts in Rajnandgaon district (bordering Maharashtra) in the past two years," Additional Director General (ADG), Naxal operation, RK Vij told PTI.

"It indicates that Naxals are trying to consolidate their communication technology and acquire some sophisticated weapons but still there is long way to go for them," he said.

When asked about the origin of these weapons, Vij said, "Our forces are capable enough to tackle them at any front. The search is on at a high level to locate the sources of these weapons."

Of the recovered devices, several were looted from the security forces in the past, but most of them were supplied from other places, he pointed out.

A senior Intelligence Bureau official, on condition of anonymity, told PTI that "with gradual development of equipment and gadgets in security forces' camps, the rebel fold is also attempting to give them a tough challenge in this segment."

They have equipped themselves with modern technologies as they are using highly sophisticated VHF (very high frequency) sets which are not only transceivers, but also scanners with scrambler facility.