Jharkhand’s underfunded police force has outlined a plan with which they hope to compensate for that lack of resources through a psychological warfare campaign. It is composed of three parts:
- Television. A 30 minute movie to be broadcast on public television channels including jailed Maoist confessions of criminal acts targeting the public.
- Radio and Newspaper. Publishing of the rupee amount of the net damage caused by the Naxalites, including the total state expenditure on counter-Naxal operations, total Naxal wealth accrued through extortion, their treatment of women and, particularly, juxtapose Naxal-leader wealth in comparison to their rhetoric.
- Police engagement. Awareness campaign through townhall meetings, college seminars and increased interviews in the press.
This is in response to the Naxal efforts which have included:
- Television. A short film revealing the harsh reality of what is termed “anti-Maoist operations” and the general corruption of state forces, including execution style killings of suspects and institutional framing efforts and cover ups.
- SMS text messaging. Spreading disinformation by spoofing sender data to senior government officials as well as threats to life and property.
- Extensive leaflet distribution campaign.
While the police campaign is ostensibly targeted towards the rural population that the Maosts rely upon, it is important to note that many of its efforts are designed to shore up support within urban areas. By building threat awareness, the police hope to increase their own funding.
Any chance to get that broadcast online? Would be interesting to compare with similar works.
I’ll see if I can get my hands on a copy. Won’t be for a while if it does happen though.
[...] 31, 2007 in Culture, Defense Tags: information operations Shlok Vaidya has a nice description of Naxalite information operations on the ground level: Television. A short film revealing the [...]
This is an excellent move , and wish all naxal afffected states follow the suite .Naxalites are using Internet effectively .
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