Maoists eye new terrains

Expressbuzz, July 30, 2011
BARGARH/NUAPADA: That the Maoists are advancing into new regions was evident from the posters and handbills found in different areas of Bargarh and Nuapada district. These posters were found on a 2 km stretch from Bhuilabandha to Tarini temple and around Paikmal Square in Bargarh district.


With the Martyrs' Week into its second day, these posters only make it apparent that the Maoists are spreading their tentacles fast to newer areas. The killing of a Vedanta official in Lanjigarh in Bhawanipatna district on July 27 and appearance of posters clearly reveal the growing presence of the Maoists in the district.

The handbills and posters identified the female cadre killed in an encounter in forest near Sanbanjipali in Khaprakhol of Balangir district on June 21 as Manjula of Dhipapuram village in South Bastar of Chhattisgarh. It also speaks about her joining the PLGA at the age of 19 years and her activities, including killing of 76 CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh.

The posters also castigate the police for killing Madhav Singh Thakur and Ramesh Sahu besides Azad in Adilabad forest in Andhra Pradesh in a fake encounter.

Assuring people of the area about the dawn of a new era, they have tried to impress upon the locals that they were working for their betterment.

Similar types of materials have also been found in Amanara, Moharadihi, Dharambandha in Nuapada block and near Khariar Road railway station.

The posters brings to the fore desperation of the Maoists to lure people into their fold after a series of setbacks.Posters and red banners were also found in eight panchayats under Bamunigaon police limits in Kandhamal district.

As a precautionary measure all the border areas of Kandhamal district to Rayagada, Gajapati and Ganjam district have been sealed and patrolling intensified.

On the first day of the Martyrs' Week vehicles stayed off the road in Daringibadi and Bamunigaon area. No untoward incident has been reported so far, said a senior police officer.