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Naxal banners in Agumbe

Naxal activities have resurfaced again in Agumbe after a gap of five to six years. The presence of banners and slogans on compound wall of government higher primary school at Hosagadde village near Agumbe has shocked people. According to the villagers, naxalites might have stepped into the school premises around 2:00am on April 16 and left the place after tying banners using the locally available wild creeper and writing slogans. The banner reads “Death is natural. Dying for self is as light as feather of a bird. But dying for people is as giant as Himalaya mountain.”

The naxals have put forth four demands in the banner hung up on school compound – withdrawal of Land Acquisition Bill, Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats, suspension of issuing eviction notice to bagair hukum cultivators by forest department and boycott of gram panchayat polls were written in red colour on compound wall of the school. Noticing this, villagers have informed Agubme police. Following this, police rushed to the spot and erased slogans written on wall and removed the banners.
Maoist Posters
Maoist posters were found near Kurli panchayat office under Bisamcuttack police limits in Rayagada district on Friday. In the posters, Maoists protested the aggressive operation of the CRPF against them and the plan to establish new CRPF camps in Niyamgiri. The posters and banners were found a day after the IG of CRPF, Piyush Anand, took stock of the steps taken to curtail Maoist menace in the district.