CHUNAR FORT and the district jail in Mirzapur are on the hit list of Naxalites after Jahanabad jail break incident. The entire police department is on high alert after the disclosure of a secret report of Intelligence agencies. The administration has started taking all possible measures to ward off any Naxalite attack. PAC jawans have been deployed after constructing a bunker at the main gate of the district jail.
At present nearly four dozen Naxalites of Mirzapur and Sonebhadra districts are behind bars in the district jail. IG, Varanasi zone, KL Meena, visited the district jail to inspect the security arrangements of the jail personally. It is being assumed that his visit was planned on the instruction of the DGP.
According to reports, ever since Jehanabad jailbreak incident in November, information has been repeatedly received by different government Intelligence agencies that Mirzapur district jail too is on the hit list of the Naxalites.
The Naxalites may attack the jail anytime and take away their comrades after setting them free on the pattern of Jehanabad incident. A large number (nearly four dozens) of Naxalites of Mirzapur and Sonebhadra districts are at present lodged in the district jail alongwith other prisoners.
The historical Chunar Fort is also on the hit list of the Naxalites. This fort is being used as the recruitment training center by the PAC and arms and ammunitions in large quantity have been stored in its armoury here. Orders have been issued by the State government through the DGP that special attention should be paid for its protection.
{{/usCountry}}The historical Chunar Fort is also on the hit list of the Naxalites. This fort is being used as the recruitment training center by the PAC and arms and ammunitions in large quantity have been stored in its armoury here. Orders have been issued by the State government through the DGP that special attention should be paid for its protection.
{{/usCountry}}The State government has received information from the Intelligence agencies that the Naxalites are equipped with sophisticated weapons and are in possession of explosives in large quantity. They are preparing for a major attack or attacks in Naxalite affected areas.
After getting such menacing information, IG, Varanasi zone KL Meena, visited Sonebhadra and Mirzapur and discussed security arrangements with the senior police officials of both districts. He also visited the places which are on the hit list of the Naxalites as per the information received by the Intelligence agencies.