Synopsis: Pawan Kalyan’s strategy is multi-layered and politically assertive. It combines technology, interstate coordination, community engagement, and revived policing structures. But the scale of the crises he confronts is daunting: he said thousands of hectares of red sanders forests have already been looted, smuggling networks remain deeply entrenched and internationally linked.

Andhra Pradesh is contemplating an offensive against organised crime and environmental plunder.

The plan stems from a major illegal beef storage racket unearthed in Visakhapatnam recently.

During a review meeting on 15 November, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan demanded answers from the Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had seized 189,000 kg of beef, al

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