Maoists call week-long bandh in two districts

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Maoists call week-long bandh in two districts


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Protest against ‘operation green hunt' in south Orissa



Posters appear in remote areasPolice are on high alert, says DIG


BERHAMPUR: Maoists have given a week-long bandh call in Koraput and Malkangiri districts of south Orissa from Saturday against the ‘operation green hunt' being planned against them in the area.
Posters for the bandh appear in remote areas of Koraput and Malkangiri districts. These two naxal-affected districts of south Orissa are key areas in the proposed joint operation by security forces in Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. It is also suspected that Maoists involved in the carnage of 76 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh have migrated to remote areas of Koraput and Malkangiri districts.
The naxal posters for the bandh call have appeared in Onkadila, Baipariguda, Machhkund, Narayanpatna, Bandhugaon and Padia areas of Koraput district. Similar posters for the week-long bandh call have also come up in remote pockets of Kalimela and Kudumulguma areas of Malkangiri district. However, no posters have appeared in other parts of south Orissa. Through the posters the naxals have demanded stopping of ‘operation green hunt' and withdrawal of Central paramilitary forces from the tribal pockets. To woo the general masses, they have also included the issue of price rise in their posters. Sanjeev Panda, Deputy Inspector General of Police, south-west range, said the police in Koraput and Malkangiri district were on high alert for the bandh call. According to him, the security forces were taking all possible measures to restrain the Maoists from terrorising the public during the bandh call.
Similar posters and pamphlets of Maoists calling for a bandh opposing ‘operation green hunt', displacement and price rise appeared in parts of Kandhamal district a few days ago. The bandh call had little impact in the area. But the Maoists cut down three trees at Polaguda on Tuesday night to block the Brahmanigaon-Daringbadi road.
Maoists also blocked the Shergarh-Sorada road in Ganjam district on Wednesday near Manikpur.






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