Bhubaneswar (Orissa) : Armed militants of the outlawed CPI (Maoists) on Wednesday gun down three persons at Pandratola village in Orissa’s Rayagada district bordering Andhra Pradesh.
“The outlawed ultras killed three and injured two very badly,” District Superintendent of Police AK Singh said adding that rebels were good in number and they were speaking in Telegu language.
Earlier on Tuesday, the outlawed militants had blown up a bridge over a rivulet to stall movement security forces in State’s Malkangiri district.
The incident took place at MV-77 village under Kalimela Police limits of the district. The rebels had used a high power land mine to damage the bridge.
Meanwhile, senior police officials in the State are blaming the Union Home Ministry for infiltration of Maoists into Malkangiri district through Chhattisgarh border.
The police establishment here is very critical over the delayed deployment of additional 7000 CRPF personnel for the Operation Green Hunt. Sources said that due to a secrete offensive prior to the main operation, a good number of Maoists leaders have shifted their hideout from Chhattisgarh.
The dense forests and hilly terrain of the Malkangiri district under the south-western range have been conducive to the movement of the Maoists whenever pressure mounts on them in Chhattisgarh.
A senior police official involved in anti-insurgency operations said that they have received information from Intelligence sleuths of Andhra Pradesh that a group of senior leftwing ultras have been infiltrated into Malkangiri and Rayagada.
