Odisha for the first time witnessed some activities and movements of terrorists and “Jihadi organisations” last year even as the overall situation arising out of the Left wing extremism improved during the period.
It was stated in the White Paper tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
It claimed that the suspected terrorists and Jihadi members have been successfully contained for the internal security of the nation.
“The terrorists and Jihadi outfits have chosen the peaceful coastal State (Odisha) as a safe hide-out and to stay away from limelight,” an official said.
“Last year, based on an intelligence tip off, the Odisha Police arrested Ishwar Chandra Behera, a contractual photographer of ITR (interim test range), Chandipur, on charge of spying and transmitting information of ITR, Wheeler Island and Dhamra though his mobile phones,” the White Paper said.
Ramachandran Subhas from Tamil Nadu was arrested for being involved in Puri serial train burning cases. His suspected involvement with some terrorist outfit is being investigated by the NIA.
In another incident, Delhi Police Special Cell in a joint operation with the State Police arrested one Abdur Rehman from Cuttack for his suspected links with terrorist organisation like AQIS and running an unregistered madrasa where he was aiming to radicalise Muslim youths, the report said.
Claiming that the overall law and order situation in the State remained peaceful, the White Paper said a total of 1,03,200 cognisable offences were registered in Odisha in 2015 against 93,657 in 2014. - PTI
