Author: Our Staff Reporter
Publication: The Hindu
Date: May 14, 2002
In a significant development, which
should bring relief to the Adilabad police, elders of 18 tribal villages
in Asifabad police station limits have passed a resolution banning the
entry of the outlawed People's War Group naxals into the villages.
The important development comes
in the wake of the successful counselling sessions held by the district
police, more particularly the Kagaznagar sub-division police officials,
after visiting the naxal stronghold villages and interact with them. On
Sunday, the tribal elders of these villages sat down, held a meeting and
decided to prevent the entry of the naxals into their villages. The locals
were directed not to provide food or shelter to extremists as they had
used the tribals for their selfish ends.
The elders who held the meeting
took an oath in front of the tribal deity to ban naxals as they were responsible
for the backwardness of the remote hamlets and villages. The tribals were
unanimous in their opinion that because of the frequent movement of naxals
the police and Government officials never ventured into the interior villages.
Thereafter, a resolution was passed in each of the 18 villages and copies
of the resolution passed by tribals leaders were forwarded to the Asifabad
police on Monday.
The villages which passed the resolution
were Nagulagondi, Balanpur, Bandguda, Chopanguda, Chilkaguda, Konanmovad,
Chintaguda, Suddaghat, Vadiloddi, Aliguda, Goganmovad, Movad, Siryanmovad,
Santulagundam, Tokkiguda, Toyaguda, Tiryanmovad and Nayakapuguda.
The 18 villages which took the extreme
step had been in the grip of the naxals of the Mangi squad area, which
was later bifurcated into the Jodeghat and Gopera Local Guerrilla squads.
