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Superintendent of Police Amit Bardar stated connected Monday (December 29, 2025) that extremism successful the Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOB SZC) wrong the Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) territory has reached a captious turning point. This follows high-level information operations passim 2024 and 2025 that systematically dismantled the group’s leadership.
Addressing the yearly property league astatine Paderu connected Monday, the SP said that arsenic galore arsenic 7 Exchange of Fire (EOF) cases were registered successful 2025, successful which 18 Maoists were neutralised. There were 9 arrests and 49 surrenders, helium added.
He stated that the ASR territory constabulary has successfully organised assorted assemblage policing initiatives to beforehand developmental alteration successful ASR district, peculiarly to wean tribal younker and communities distant from extremist activities and ganja transportation. Through assemblage payment initiatives similar ‘Saral’, ‘Nirman’ and ‘Prerana’, astir 1,800 younker were benefited, helium said.
Sharp diminution successful ganja cases
Mr. Amit Bardar said that pursuing effectual steps and changeless monitoring, determination was a precise crisp diminution successful ganja cases successful 2025. This year, arsenic galore arsenic 135 ganja cases were reported successful which 14,484 kg ganja was seized, 35 kg hash lipid was recovered and 358 persons were arrested. During 2024, the full ganja cases reported were 316 successful which 23,366 kg ganja was recovered and 1,016 persons were arrested.
“We person verified 138 villages, wherever erstwhile cultivation were identified by drones and Human Intelligence, and recovered that determination was nary ganja cultivation astatine all. Checks were besides carried retired astatine astir 83 suspected ganja locations, wherever determination was nary ganja astatine all,” helium added.
The SP besides stated that 325 targeted families were provided with alternate livelihood enactment including crops, concern loans, and income procreation assistance.
Amit Bardar besides said that determination was 34% diminution successful wide crimes successful 2025 compared to the erstwhile twelvemonth 2024. The instrumentality and bid concern is nether power successful territory owed to beforehand postulation of intelligence, prevention, speedy response, augmentation of forces successful strategical locations, effectual bushed system, peculiar drives, disposable policing, utilisation of precocious technology, adjacent coordination with the stakeholders wrong the departments, helium added.
The territory has reported 20 murders successful 2025 arsenic against 27 successful 2024 and 29 successful 2023. During 2025, the territory besides saw 16 HB’s arsenic against 14 successful 2024, 22 rape cases successful 2025, arsenic against 25 successful 2024.
Coming to accidents, arsenic galore arsenic 248 accidents were reported successful 2025. Of them, arsenic galore arsenic 177 were fatal accidents successful which 197 persons died. When compared to 2024, the full fig of roadworthy accidents reported were 252. Of them, 162 were fatal accidents successful which 177 persons died.
