‘Maoists’ visit tribal colony in Nilambur
Malappuram: It seems the Maoist groups are successfully scaling up
their activities in Pattakkarimbu tribal region under the Nilambur south
forest division and they have managed to influence a section of the
tribal people there.
An armed group of suspected Maoists visited the tribal colony on Tuesday
night and convened a meeting of the colony natives in which the group
urged the people to boycott upcoming assembly election and to launch
protest against the recent death of a woman of the colony. It was around
7pm that the team of 10 persons including three women came to colony
raising slogans against government and police. Before the meeting they
laid an iron chain across the walkway to the colony to prevent colony
natives from going outside. The team left the colony after spending more
than an hour there, collecting rice and groceries from colony natives.
Police have already identified that Maoist leaders Soman, Sundari,
Sreemathi and Asha were among the gang. The anti-naxal squad is
suspecting that the gang is still camping somewhere near the colony, as
natives reported the sighting of gang members on Wednesday morning and
afternoon. Thunderbolts and police have already launched a joint search
operation for the gang.
Police have got a clue that there were more than twenty members in
the armed gang who visited the colony on Tuesday night and a batch of
members of the gang were hiding near the colony when the other group was
interacting with the residents. Police suspect those members of the
group who were hiding were ready to counter any possible attack from the
part of the police. But the gang managed to successfully complete the
meeting before police team arrived at the spot.
Police believe that the gang organized the meeting with complete
support from the part of a section of the colony people who recently
opposed various police initiatives to counter Maoist threat in the
region.
According to a source in the anti-naxal squad of the police, the squad
is closely observing the situation in the colony as the suspected group
is scaling up their activities among the people there. “We suspect clear
support from the part of colony natives, and believe that the gang is
still camping near the colony. The search will continue with the support
of Thunderbolts,” he said.
Meanwhile the Committee Against Military Oppression held public meetings
in different parts of the district on Wednesday. They are demanding to
withdraw Thunderbolt forces from tribal areas.
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