28th January 2011
BERHAMPUR: Suspected Maoists blocked the Bramhanigaon-Daringibadi road by felling trees at Gadapur in Kandhamal district. This snapped off communication between the two town.
It was probably meant to hamper the combing operation launched by police in the area. Police had launched the combing operation suspecting that Maoists are hiding in the forest and increasing their activities in the area as well as adjoining Bhanjanagar and Sorada in Ganjam district.
On Wednesday, the Red radicals had hoisted black flags at the high school in Bahadapadara within Bhanjanagar police limits in Ganjam district. They also pasted a poster at the gate of the high school asking the people to observe Republic Day as black day. Police have seized the flag and poster from the school.
Police on Monday had unearthed three landmines planted by Maoists near Barada village in Ganjam district. The rebels had torched five vehicles of a contractor involved in road works in the area recently.
The Left-wing ultras had also torched vehicle of another contractor at Birikote within Bhanjanagar police limits recently and threatened the contractors to stop the work.
Panicky over the recent developments, people of Daringibadi, Bramhanigaon and Kotagarh area observe bandh on Wednesday following the Maoist's call to observe the Republic Day as "black day". Private bus operators stopped the plying of vehicles and businessmen downed their shutters in these towns.
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