After the outlawed Naxal outfit gave a fresh call for a Jharkhand bandh, police have sounded a high alert in Kolhan comprising the twin districts of Singhbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan district.

The police have been prompted to take extra precautionary measures as the rebel outfit gave the bandh call back to back after the Bharat bandh observed to protest the arrest of its leader Prashant Bose.

Intelligence sources revealed since Bose’s arrest recently seems to have broken the backbone of the outfit, the naxals have become desperate to keep their movement intact in absence of their leader.

Sources said the outlawed outfit has given a fresh bandh call for an extended period of three days aimed at making its presence felt by resorting to subversive acts.

The naxal bandh call is already effective from Tuesday midnight and it will continue till Thursday midnight and is to be effective in Bihar, UP and Chhattisgarh besides Jharkhand.

West Singhbhum SP, Ajay Linda said they came to know about a fresh naxal bandh call on Monday evening only. "As the 72-hour bandh call is back to back after the Bharat bandh call observed on November 20, we feel the naxals may try to trigger violent acts during the fresh bandh call," said Linda while talking to The Telegraph Online.

The senior police officer said they have therefore decided to give a befitting response if the naxals try to come overground during the bandh call period. "We have put the police and paramilitary forces on high alert at all the strategic areas in the district. We have also started patrolling the railway tracks along with the Railway Protection Force as the rebels may target the tracks for triggering subversive acts during the bandh call, " said the police officer.

Like the West Singhbhum police, cops of East Singhbhum and adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan districts have beefed up security arrangements in view of the three-day-long bandh call.