Maharashtra seeks aid to tackle naxals

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI, APRIL 5. Maharashtra needs 54,000 more policemen to maintain law and order, control crimes and improve internal security but the State has no wherewithal to expand its existing police force, according to Mr. Manikrao Thackeray, Minister of State for Home.

Mr. Thackeray told the Legislative Assembly today that the State had worked out a police action plan to tackle the naxalite menace and was seeking the Union Government's assistance to the extent of Rs. 140 crores. He was replying to a debate on the demands of the home department.

He said that the police had arrested 43 ISI agents in Maharashtra since the new Democratic Front government took over. This included 15 Pakistanis, one Nepali and 27 Indians.

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