The Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana, M. Mahender Reddy, in a high-level review meeting on Policing of Peddapalli and Mancherial Districts with the senior Police Officials at the Ramagundam Commissionerate of Police in Peddapalli District said that there was no Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] movement in the State, reports The Hindu on March 17. The DGP further said, “We are watching the Maoists’ movement and not allowing them to intrude and regain their hold in the State. If they arrive, we are ready to weed them out with an iron hand.”