The banned CPI (Maoist) has called for a bandh on April 5 in the Visakha Agency in protest against the alleged killing of two tribal farmers by the anti-Naxal force, the Greyhounds.
According to the Maoists, the two were innocent farmers and not its members as claimed by the security forces.
Batti Bhushanam (52) and Sidaari Jamadhar (30) were reportedly killed on March 15 near Buradamamidi village in the Pedakodapalle panchayat of the Pedabayulu mandal in the district.
In a letter released on Saturday, the Maoists also claimed that the TDP government was using repressive tactics through the security forces to exploit the natural resources in the tribal areas.
The letter, addressed by MKVB (Malkangiri-Koraput-Visakhapatnam Border) Division secretary Kailasam, said the security forces were arresting and torturing innocent tribals and destroying their crops and livestock.
Kailasam also said the Opposition parties were not condemning the repressive tactics and this indicated that they were hand in glove with the State government.
Two tribals, Sidaari Rambabu and Koda Bonjubabu, survived the incident.