Nov. 14 :    Nov. 14:  The state government is planning to impart special training to a team of policemen to take on Naxalites and other extremists in the five troubled districts. Writers' Buildings sources said senior officials discussed the formation of the crack team for Burdwan, Birbhum, Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia at a meeting last week called by chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. The chief minister also reviewed the situation with the Midnapore district administration during his visit to the district on Monday. He directed the police to take all steps to crack down on PWG activists. 'Our mission is to prevent the activities of Naxalites and our forces are prepared,'' said K.C. Meena, superintendent police, Midnapore. Inspector-general of police (western range) Jitram Bhagat has been asked to interact with the superintendents of police of the five districts to finalise the course of action against Naxalites. 'We have already trained a few police personnel for the purpose and they will be on the field very soon,' said a senior official attached to the anti-terrorist cell of the state police. He said the team would carry out raids in dens and hideouts of the PWG and MCC activists located in the dense forests. 'We are firm on tackling the extremist groups like the PWG, MCC and other forces which have stepped up their activities, especially in Burdwan and Birbhum bordering Jharkhand, on or before December 2, the foundation day of the PWG. We have deployed a large contingent with sophisticated arms and ammunition,' the official added. According to an intelligence report, Naxalite groups have taken shelter in the forest areas of Jhargram, Salanpur, Pandabeswar, Kanksa, Rajnagar, Khairasol and Saltor. The plan is for the specially trained policemen to conduct massive combing operations in all the forest areas identified as possible hideouts of the Naxalites. Besides, security forces will camp in the bordering villages. One group of security forces will barricade the forest while another will conduct search operations. If necessary, they may use explosives to demolish their dens inside the forest. Besides, they will destroy makeshift training camps in different villages. 'We have already deployed a strong force with sophisticated arms along the Jharkhand border. All vehicles passing through the area are being checked. Five police stations have been put on high alert. Our force is prepared to counter any attack by the extremist groups,'' said B.N. Ramesh, Burdwan district superintendent of police.