Superintendents of Police, Guntur Urban and Rural, Gopinath Jatty and J. Satyanarayana inaugurated the Anti-Naxal Squad (ANS) office on District Police Office premises here on Friday.
About ten ANS parties will take up combing operations to prevent naxal activities in Guntur district.
OSD to monitor
An officer of the rank of Officer on Special Duty will monitor the ANS operations.
The Guntur police, with the coordination of police from Prakasam and other neighbouring districts, will take up the anti-extremist operations in Vinukonda, Macherla, Dachepalli, Bollapalli, Gurajala, Rentachintala, Rajupalem and other mandals, said the police.
Additional Superintendent of Police, Armed Reserve (AR) Srinivasa Rao, Urban AR Deputy Superintendent of Police Mehar Baba, Rural AR DSP Satyanarayana, and Reserve Inspectors were present.