Telangana: Maoist drop pamphlet, warn villagers in Mulugu

HYDERABAD: Even as Bhadradri-Kothagudem district police accuse Maoists of keeping 15 persons from Cherla mandal of Kothagudem in their captivity in Chhattisgarh, the rebels have allegedly warned villagers in Mulugu district of dire consequences for being police informers.
A pamphlet, allegedly left by CPI Maoist between Kondapur-Allubhaka villages, was recovered by locals and passed on to district police. It accused police of luring villagers through different means to weaken CPI Maoist. In the pamphlet, they named five persons, including women, belonging to Bollaram, Sitarampur and Kalipaka villages and accused them of being police informers.
The Maoists accused police of luring the villagers to share information about their movement or new persons coming to their villages. “By making phone calls or through WhatsApp, information is being shared with police by some villagers,’‘ CPI Maoist Venkatapuram-Vajedu area committee said in the pamphlet.
However, Mulugu superintendent of police Sangram Singh Patil was non-committal about any security upgrade to be provided to specific persons and villagers whose names were declared by the Maoists.
“There is always a threat to police and para-military forces. Whatever advisory is given to government officials and villagers, we will be issuing the same by telling them to take precautionary measures. Apart from that, we will make them stay in a secured location,’‘ Sangram told TOI.