🔆 Issues in Handling Left Wing Extremism/Naxalism 📍 Operational & Strategic Challenges ✅ Negligence of established Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): Leads to security personnel deaths. ➤ Example: In Jan 2025, Naxalites killed 8 DRG personnel + 1 driver in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. ➤ Insufficient intelligence backup ✅ Structural deficits and deficiencies: IPS officers posted to senior CRPF roles without field experience. ✅ Laundering of funds: Naxal leaders (esp. Bihar, Jharkhand) invest extorted money in movable & immovable properties. ✅ Inefficient technology: Current tech can’t detect deep-planted mines—leads to casualties. ✅ Complex locations: Dense forests & hilly terrain make operations harder. ✅ Delay in acquisition of technology: Out of 157 sanctioned MPVs, only 13 delivered to CAPFs by Ordnance Factory Board. ✅ Unfamiliar area: Central Forces lack local language & terrain knowledge—limits effectiveness. #security Join https://t.me/Mindmaps_4_upsc