After fighting insurgency in Punjab and Assam, supercop KPS Gill has now zeroed in on Chattisgarh to take on the Naxals. The man who became a household name across the country in the early 1990s is now the state's Security Adviser.
At his headquarters in Raipur, security is tight. A CRPF team is on alert. But Gill says the only way to end the battle is by outsmarting the Naxals.
"We are training the police. We are taking the help of the army and getting better equipment. We have posted young IPS officers to the affected districts. That's what I did in Punjab, soon you will see the results," said K P S Gill, Security Advisor, Chhattisgarh Government.
Part of the strategy is to consult the adivasis, already involved in an anti-Naxal movement. The Sulwa Judum is described by a local citizens group as the precursor to a civil war. But Gill is all praise for the adivasis.
"Never in the history of India have unarmed people stood up to insurgents, not even in Punjab and even the Naxals say it is the biggest setback to their movement since 1972," Gill added.
It is from the heavily fortified state police mess that KPS Gill plots and plans the fight against the Naxals. It is not an easy task. The Chattisgarh police is one of the most ill equipped forces in India, but the man who won back Punjab from the militants has taken the new challenge head on.