The Intelligence agencies have issued an alert for four districts of Odisha bordering Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh advising the district SPs to remain vigilant in the wake of violence by Maoists.
The districts are Koraput, Malkangiri, Sundargarh and Keonjhar. The SPs of these districts have been advised to beef up security on the border and intensify patrolling in those areas.
The alert came following multiple incidents of Maoist violence including the blowing up of a railway track at Binuan village between Rourkela and Manoharpur railway station on Thursday night. Following the blast, train movement on Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai route was severely affected.
Notably, the Maoists called for a nationwide shutdown (Bharat Bandh) on December 22 to protest their recent encounters with security personnel.
Maoists on Wednesday had set on fire several vehicles and blocked the National Highway in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma hours after their encounter with security forces in the nearby forest.
A passenger bus, two trailers, and a pickup vehicle were set on fire by Maoists, police officials said.
