Maoist Martyrs Week: Forces put on high alert in bordering areas
Additional forces were deployed at Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KILP) at Medigadda barrage, Annaram barrage and Kannepalli pumphouse, which are in the forested Mahadevpur mandal in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district.
Mulugu: Security has been tightened and combing operations have been intensified in the Maoist-hit villages in Mulugu, Mahabubabad and Bhupalpally districts, situated in the border areas of Telangana-Chhattisgarh, in the wake of the Maoist Martyrs Week of the outlawed CPI(Maoist), which began on Monday. The Left Wing Extremists (LWE) is observing the ‘Martyrs Week’ to pay respect to their comrades killed in encounters with police.
Additional forces were deployed at Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KILP) at Medigadda barrage, Annaram barrage and Kannepalli pumphouse, which are in the forested Mahadevpur mandal in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district.
The police have been asked to stay on alert in the three border districts. Additional companies of the police were also roped in to guard the Agency areas near Godavari. A high alert has been sounded along the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB) and Chhattisgarh border in the wake of an encounter between banned Maoists and greyhound personnel recently. Seven Maoists were killed in the encounter in the Eturnagaram forest area.
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