Patna, Aug 26 - Worried about the increasing Maoist violence in Bihar, the state police along with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will launch a joint operation against the ultra-Left rebels in selected pockets of the state, officials said here Wednesday.

'Police headquarters is working on its strategy to launch a special operation against Maoists in the state in view of the increasing incidents of violence by them,' said a police officer.

Official sources in the state home department said that special operations in Maoist hit areas would continue till the problem was solved.

'The CRPF personnel would be engaged along with state police in the special operations,' the sources said.

Sources in the police said central Home Minister P.