Bhubaneswar, Jan 22: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced a three-fold increase in the risk allowance of Odisha Police’s Special Operation Group (SOG) jawans and hiked it from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000 per month.
“Today, 14 Maoists were killed in a joint operation by security forces in Kularighat area of Chhattisgarh bordering Nuapada district. The SOG jawans of Odisha Police played a vital role in this operation, for which Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has congratulated all the jawans,” wrote Odisha CMO on ‘X’.
“The state government has decided to increase the special allowance (risk allowance) given to the jawans from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000. The Chief Minister has said that the anti-Naxal operation in Odisha will be further intensified in the coming days”, the CMO added.
It is worth mentioning that at least 14 Maoists were gunned down in a joint operation by Odisha Police, Chhattisgarh Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel near border areas of Nuapada district and Chhattisgarh’s Gariabandh district early Tuesday morning.
