As neighbouring Chhattisgarh steps up anti-Naxal operations with large-scale deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), the Odisha government is preparing for the possible movement of Maoist cadres from Chhattisgarh to Odisha. “With large-scale induction of security forces, anti-Naxal operations are picking up in Chhattisgarh. In such a situation, there is reasonable apprehension of possible movement of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) cadres, from Chhattisgarh to Odisha, and their possible relocation inside Odisha,” Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said. The Odisha CM’s statement came days after 31 Maoists were gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Abujhmad. Majhi, who attended a meeting of Maoist-affected states’ chief ministers with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi in the aftermath of the Abujhmad encounter, has sought 12 companies – there are around 100 personnel in one company – of CAPF for a period of two years as well as a dedicated chopper. While LWE has been restricted to a few pockets in Odisha and incidents of violence have been minimised, officials said activities related to LWE in the …