Following fresh reports on suspected Maoists being spotted again on the fringes of the forest near Kukke Subrahmanya in Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka, police have stepped up combing operations in the area.
According to reports reaching Mangaluru, a group of six armed persons with their faces covered by masks visited the house of Shivaram on the fringes of the forest, in Cheru of Kombaru village in Kadaba taluk on April 4 evening. While two persons stood outside the house, four others entered Mr. Shivaram’s house. They ate rice and chicken curry prepared by Mr. Shivaram and left the house with about 5 kg of rice and some groceries. Some members charged their mobile phones in the house, villagers told officials.
Soon after receiving the information, Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) personnel and Dakshina Kannada district police stepped up combing operations in the area.
