Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): After forcing the Maoists to go on the back foot by arresting some of its important leaders, the police has mooted a plan to prevent the proscribed CPI (Maoist) from expanding its network here by targeting youth from the Manjhi, Munda, Ganju and Turi communities.

"The police has decided to engage young boys and girls belonging to these communities to prevent them from joining any banned extremist organisation in the extremist-dominated areas under Lehak, Keredari and Bishnugarh police stations of Hazaribagh district," the superintendent of police, Praveen Kumar Singh, told PTI here.

As part of community policing, a survey was carried out recently to prepare a list of the youth, 18 years and above, from these communities, particularly from Batuka and Manatu villages where the maximum number of Ganjus and Turis were forced to join the extremist groups.

The survey was also conducted in Simradhab and Amnari villages and Padariya villages where the other communities dominate, the superintendent said.

A total of 75 youth have been selected to make up three groups of 25 each from each of the villages. Those with educational background will be put in the first category and be given employment in private security agencies.

Source : PTI