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Nagaland : Rio says no to plea for battalion

	March 20, 2006

The resurgence of Naxalite violence in Chhattisgarh notwithstanding, the Nagaland government has refused to send one more battalion of Nagaland police.



Director-general of Police J. Changkija said he and Home Minister Thenucho have “categorically told” the Chhattisgarh government that no more battalions would be sent from Nagaland.



The 9 Nagaland Armed Police (India Reserve Battalion), located at Barsur in the Maoist-dominated Dantewada district, had already lost 10 men in landmine explosions since July last year. The Naga government has since been facing the heat for sending the policemen to Chhattisgarh.