DGP holds meeting with district police top brass to review

security measures Midnapore (WB), Aug 19 (PTI) West Bengal DirectorGeneral of Police Surajit Kar Purakayastha held a high levelmeeting in West Midnapore district with top police officiersin five south Bengal districts to take stock of regularsecurity measures. Purakayastha, after holding the meeting of SPs of WestMidnapore, Purulia, Birbhum, Jhargram (police district) andBankura, told reporters they reviewed the overall law andorder situation and took stock of the past incidents of crimein the closed door deliberations. However, another police officer said this morning themeeting also took note of report of Maoists trying to make acome back in the junglemahal belt from adjoining Jharkhand. The police officer referred to discoveries oflandmine in Belpahari and Salboni in recent times andintelligence report that Maoists were trying to sneak throughthe West Singhbhum corridor of Jharkhand. It was decided that in the run-up to the festiveseason, the police top brass will hold meetings with theircounterparts in neighbouring states of Jharkhand and Bihar,the officer, not wishing to be named, said. PTI COR SUSSUS