Police accede to Maoist demand of withdrawing nine camps in West Bengal
Bowing
to
pressure
from
the
People’s
Committee
against
Police
Atrocities,
the
Midnapore
West
district
police
on
November
27
withdrew
all
nine
police
camps
from
Ramgarh
and
Lalgarh,
reports
The
Statesman.
The
Committee
had
sent
a
deputation
to
the
Ramgarh
Police
yesterday
and
demanded
that
the
police
camps
be
withdrawn
within
24
hours
or
they
would
confine
police
officers
in
the
camps.
However,
the
Superintendent
of
Police
Rajesh
Singh
said
the
decision
to
withdraw
the
camps
was
taken
earlier
by
the
Government
to
ensure
school
children
could
continue
their
studies
(there
were
three
police
camps
at
schools)
and
also
for
their
posting
in
Jhargram
municipality
for
the
civic
poll
on
November
30.