Combing operations have been stepped up in the jungles along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border to foil possible attempts by Maoists to enter Telangana’s forest-fringe areas spanning Mulugu and Bhadradri-Kothagudem districts from Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar division.
The heightened anti-Maoist operations come amid tension in adjoining strife-torn areas of Chhattisgarh following the recent IED (Improvised Explosive Device) explosion triggered by Maoists killing 10 police personnel and a driver in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on April 26.
Police in Mulugu district have ramped up vigil in the far-flung areas of Venkatapuram, Wazeedu and Perur which share a border with strife-ridden parts of Chhattisgarh, known as hotspots of Maoist activities.
