CIF meets with police officers of 'Maoist-prone' districts

The Counter Insurgency Force (CIF) ADG, K L Tamta, today held a meeting with officers of all the eight police stations of Birbhum district which have been identified as 'Maoist-prone', police sources said.
The meeting was also attended by district Superintendent of Police Murlidhar and DIG, CIF, Anil Kumar.
The details of counter insurgency capacity of those eight police stations were discussed and some precautionary measures to combat the Maoists have been planned in the meeting, the sources said.
The meeting followed the July 2 killing of six policemen including a superintendent of police in Jharkhand's Pakur, a neighbouring district of Birbhum.

The CIF was established by the West Bengal government to combat the Maoist ultras in 2010.