Hyderabad:
Andhra Pradesh Police has issued a general advisory to all elected representatives -- ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) -- asking them not to travel in Maoist-infested agency areas in the state.
The advisory will be applicable to senior bureaucrats and important government officials as well, highly-placed police sources said.
The advisory was issued following the recent kidnapping incidents in Odisha and Chhatisgarh.
"We have asked ministers, MPs, MLAs and other elected representatives not to travel in the Maoist-infested areas in view of the incidents in Odisha and Chhatisgarh. We have put them on high alert particularly after the killing of Sukma district Collector Alex Menon's gunmen and his abduction by the outlaws," an Inspector General of Police (IGP) told Press Trust of India (PTI).
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts in north coastal Andhra Pradesh fall in the Andhra-Odisha Border Zone of Maoists while Khammam district borders Chhatisgarh. Other districts like Warangal, Adilabad and Karimnagar are also prone to Maoist threats.
If the public representatives in these districts need to visit any place, they will have to inform the police well in advance so that extra armed security could be provided.
"Even those public representatives who are provided with one or two gunmen have been restrained from going into interior areas without additional security cover. The same has been told to the respective district Collectors and other senior government officials (sic)," the IGP said.
The advisory will be applicable to senior bureaucrats and important government officials as well, highly-placed police sources said.
The advisory was issued following the recent kidnapping incidents in Odisha and Chhatisgarh.
"We have asked ministers, MPs, MLAs and other elected representatives not to travel in the Maoist-infested areas in view of the incidents in Odisha and Chhatisgarh. We have put them on high alert particularly after the killing of Sukma district Collector Alex Menon's gunmen and his abduction by the outlaws," an Inspector General of Police (IGP) told Press Trust of India (PTI).
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts in north coastal Andhra Pradesh fall in the Andhra-Odisha Border Zone of Maoists while Khammam district borders Chhatisgarh. Other districts like Warangal, Adilabad and Karimnagar are also prone to Maoist threats.
If the public representatives in these districts need to visit any place, they will have to inform the police well in advance so that extra armed security could be provided.
"Even those public representatives who are provided with one or two gunmen have been restrained from going into interior areas without additional security cover. The same has been told to the respective district Collectors and other senior government officials (sic)," the IGP said.
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