Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy said that as many as six CRPF base camps were set up in the border areas of Charla mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district by the Union Home Ministry as part of efforts to strengthen anti-Maoist operations and root out Maoist menace.
He was speaking at a meeting after formally inaugurating the CRPF camp at the remote Chennapuram village in Charla mandal along with Director General of CRPF Kuldip Singh on Wednesday.
Earlier, the DGP and the top brass of CRPF arrived in Chhennapuram in a helicopter, amid elaborate security arrangements in the forest fringe area in Telangana’s tribal region.