The 52-year-old, with his salt-and-pepper hair, talked fondly about how he had come a long way from an introvert Bihari boy to an articulate IPS officer. And now, Nagpur range's new special inspector general Prabhat Ranjan wants bring about the same kind of change in communication to counter the spread of Naxal ideology.
"Naxalism is a philosophy. The armed struggle attached to it is just an offshoot. Killing a Naxal would not solve the problem because the ideology is transmissible in the society. We need to counter the ideology and not the carrier. We need to have a dialogue with the people and get closer to them," said Ranjan. The senior cop, earlier IG Aurangabad range, opined that developing communication channels with the masses is better than area domination exercises.
Though the intense military struggle of Naxals may not exist in Nagpur range after the recent carving out of special Naxal jurisdictions comprising Gadchiroli, Aheri and Gondia, Ranjan still has to confront challenges of the movement of cadres in the neighbouring districts of Chandrapur, Bhandara and elsewhere.
"Whether it is propaganda or military wing, Naxalism can be better treated by developing rapport with the mass base. In fact, it is the cops who are nearer to the masses than other agencies of the government in Naxal-affected regions. We need to join hands to address the issue," said Ranjan.
"We have sensitive bordering areas with Naxal-affected districts. Our concern areas would be also to bring the bordering stretches under our vigil to counter the rebels' trend to spread out from their jungle bases," said Ranjan.
During the informal interaction with journalists, Ranjan strongly kept side with the concept of having separate cadre for the work of collecting intelligence. "Intelligence is our Achilles heel. The government is working on it. We are not getting hard intelligence due to drawbacks in the system," said Ranjan. "Police and intelligence wings are feeling the need to jell more with a common purpose. At the police station level, the intelligence is being filtered through but such inputs are not sufficient enough many times," said Ranjan. "Just when officers begin to settle, they are transferred" he said.
Ranjan, a postgraduate in physics and economics, also presented his view of policing for the downtrodden section of the society who has no support. "We would be strict against illegal activities. There would be no dearth of action on an errant cop or a hard-core criminal provided there is a substantial ground to nail the culprit. We have a system where the burden of proving is on the prosecution," said Ranjan, who recently returned from a training session in London. Ranjan earlier served in the city as an additional CP when OP Bali was the commissioner.
Talking about his new role, Ranjan expressed his keenness to take stock of the situation as far as the responsibility of the forest conservation was concerned. Being a member of the district tiger cell, Ranjan showed enthusiasm to tackle the menace of wildlife poaching and issues like illegal fishing.
"Naxalism is a philosophy. The armed struggle attached to it is just an offshoot. Killing a Naxal would not solve the problem because the ideology is transmissible in the society. We need to counter the ideology and not the carrier. We need to have a dialogue with the people and get closer to them," said Ranjan. The senior cop, earlier IG Aurangabad range, opined that developing communication channels with the masses is better than area domination exercises.
Though the intense military struggle of Naxals may not exist in Nagpur range after the recent carving out of special Naxal jurisdictions comprising Gadchiroli, Aheri and Gondia, Ranjan still has to confront challenges of the movement of cadres in the neighbouring districts of Chandrapur, Bhandara and elsewhere.
"Whether it is propaganda or military wing, Naxalism can be better treated by developing rapport with the mass base. In fact, it is the cops who are nearer to the masses than other agencies of the government in Naxal-affected regions. We need to join hands to address the issue," said Ranjan.
"We have sensitive bordering areas with Naxal-affected districts. Our concern areas would be also to bring the bordering stretches under our vigil to counter the rebels' trend to spread out from their jungle bases," said Ranjan.
During the informal interaction with journalists, Ranjan strongly kept side with the concept of having separate cadre for the work of collecting intelligence. "Intelligence is our Achilles heel. The government is working on it. We are not getting hard intelligence due to drawbacks in the system," said Ranjan. "Police and intelligence wings are feeling the need to jell more with a common purpose. At the police station level, the intelligence is being filtered through but such inputs are not sufficient enough many times," said Ranjan. "Just when officers begin to settle, they are transferred" he said.
Ranjan, a postgraduate in physics and economics, also presented his view of policing for the downtrodden section of the society who has no support. "We would be strict against illegal activities. There would be no dearth of action on an errant cop or a hard-core criminal provided there is a substantial ground to nail the culprit. We have a system where the burden of proving is on the prosecution," said Ranjan, who recently returned from a training session in London. Ranjan earlier served in the city as an additional CP when OP Bali was the commissioner.
Talking about his new role, Ranjan expressed his keenness to take stock of the situation as far as the responsibility of the forest conservation was concerned. Being a member of the district tiger cell, Ranjan showed enthusiasm to tackle the menace of wildlife poaching and issues like illegal fishing.
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