PALAKKAD: Police and a group of Maoists exchanged fire on Sunday at Ambalapara Thiruvazhamkunnu near Mannarkad. Injuries have not been reported yet. The Thunderbolt personnel began combing the area after locals informed them about a four- member Maoist gang, including two women, collecting rice and provisions from the adivasi colony at Ambalapara. The members of the gang were reportedly speaking Tamil and Malayalam. Palakkad Superintendent of Police N Vijayakumar told Express that the exchange of fire took place around 6.30 p.m. in forests of Thiruvazhamkunnu, near the buffer zone of the Silent Valley.
Rebel trouble
Oct 17: Maoists and Agali police exchange fire at Kadakkumanna
Nov 22: Five-member armed gang approaches the Plantation Corporation labourers at Thenkara and collect rice and provisions
Nov 24: Police arrest Ayyappan, a tribal of Panniyurpeedika, the second accused in the Kadakumanna firing, before releasing him
Nov 28: A four-member gang comes to the Ambalapara adivasi colony collect rice
Nov 29: Police and Maoists fire at each other at Ambalapara, Thiruvazhamkunnu Vijayakumar said the local police personnel, who were standing below the hilltop, heard the gunshots from the forests and reported the matter at the district headquarters. Later, the Thunderbolt personnel furnished the details of the encounter with Maoists.
Maoists, Kerala cops exchange fire in Mannarkkad
Mannarkkad: Firing between Maoist activists and Kerala Police have been reported from Mannarkkad in Palakkad district.
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