Odisha, Andhra Pradesh Police to conduct joint operations to combat Left Wing Extremism

Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Police have decided to conduct joint operations and share information to effectively combat the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the border areas of the two states.

This was decided in a meeting in Bhubaneswar today which was attended by Odisha DGP R P Sharma, his Andhra Pradesh counterpart R P Thakur and other senior police officers



of both the states engaged in anti-maoist operations.

DGP R P Sharma said we have discussed on enhancing the inter-state coordination and cooperation, particularly conducting joint

operations in the core areas like the CutOff area in Malkangiri district to effectively combat and contain the LWE menace.