In the Naxal-affected Bastar of Chhattisgarh, the Naxalites, who have so far relied on the primitive means of sending letters and communication, are making full use of internet media these days. They have formed pseudonymous WhatsApp groups, in which apart from cadres and villagers, other people with leftist ideology are also joining. Naxalites have become active on different platforms of internet media under different names. Whether this made their work easier or not, it will be known later, but the work of the police has become easier. Police are monitoring such numbers which are active in the forest and are under suspicion. The officers hope that through the phone number, the reconnaissance of big Naxal leaders can be found.
Now it will be easy to reach the Naxalites by tracing the phone number
Naxalites have always been opposed to the means of communication and transport. Have done many incidents of blowing up of mobile towers, but now they are looking for signals of mobile towers in the forest to convey their point to the media. In fact, in the last few years, the infiltration of the force to the interior areas has increased. This has increased the pressure. In recent days, some letters received from the Naxalites camp also mention that due to the increasing pressure of the force, the exchange of information is becoming difficult. As an alternative, they have adopted internet media.
Connecting the cadre and villagers by creating a WhatsApp group under a pseudonym
Till a few years ago, Naxalites used to send handwritten letters to the media on printed letter pads. When the computer and printer came, they used to send the printed letter out of the forest through the Harkare. WhatsApp messages are now being sent. His videos, audios, posters have all started playing online. The police are happy with this change in Naxal strategy. He knows that now only by tracing the phones of important Naxal leaders, their addresses will be found. The Naxalites have made a strategy to give preference to the Internet media in the propaganda war against the force.
Bastar IG Sundarraj P said that we want them to use more and more mobile and internet. Our problem was that he doesn't use the phone. If you use the phone, you will be able to trace the numbers and reach them. We are monitoring the numbers which are suspected to be being used by Naxals.