The CRPF has, for the first time, stumbled on operational manuals that give tactical details on planting landmines and attacking security forces, among other things, to Left-wing extremist cadre.While the six manuals, in Telugu, are being translated, Home Ministry sources confirmed that these books analyse field tactics of security forces and spell out the modus operandi to be adopted by the Naxalites while attacking security forces. The manuals go so far as to suggest tactical improvements for inflicting higher casualties on security forces. Anti-Naxal operations carried out by the security forces have also been analysed in great detail.The manuals are soon expected to be made available to CRPF battalions involved in anti-Naxal operations. ‘‘The manuals give a deep insight into how organised and close-knit the Naxalites are,’’ a senior Home Ministry official said.Sources said the manuals teach how to lay mines and improvised explosive devices (IED) and ambush security forces. Naxalites had mined and ambushed a Mine Protected Vehicle (MPV) in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh recently, killing 24 CRPF personnel. The MPV provided to the CRPF to protect against landmines was damaged. The attack was preceded by a Naxal operation in Narayangarh district of Chhattisgarh where an MPV carrying the local SP was ambushed. The MPV was damaged, but unlike the Bijapur attack, it withstood the blast. The SP and two others in the MPV had to be airlifted by Army helicopters to safety.Officials say it is by watching and anlaysing every operation by security forces that Naxalites learnt from the Narayangarh operation how to blow up the MPV, which was executed in Bijapur. The manuals also detail how to track security forces on the road they are likely to take when proceeding for an attack or returning from an operation before laying the mines.Manual lessons• How to lay mines and IEDs and ambush security patrols. Naxalites had ambushed a mine-protected vehicle in Bijapur recently• Naxals studied Narayangarh operation to figure out how to blow up mine protected vehicle• How to raid villages and police stations and security installations• In June, at least 200 Naxalites from across the country carried out an attack in East Champaran in the same manner
