nFour Maoists cadres were apprehended by police while they were putting up posters during the wee hours of Tuesday near Kusumpur Square under the Raighar police station in Nabarangpur district.
The Red rebels in the posters urged people to boycott the ensuing polls in the State. They were spotted by a police patrolling party at around 4.30 am near Kusumpur Square.
The arrestees were identified as Pila Ram Netam, Eswarilal Netam, Tikesh Netam and Sanjay Netam. They all belong to Joratarei village under Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh and are alleged to be members of the Sita Nadi Area Committee of CPI (Maoists).
Posters, banners and two motorcycles were seized from their possession.
The four rebels were arrested under Sections 120 (B), 121, 121-A, 506, 34 of IPC and Sections 16 (B), 18, 20 of UAP Act.
In another instance, Maoist posters were found in Barabandha panchayat under the Rampur police station in Kalahandi district on the day.
The posters allegedly put up by the Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) Division of CPI(Maoists) appealed to people to boycott the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Through the posters, the outlawed outfit also threatened the Kalahandi SP that the Maoists would kill “police informers” in coming days. On receiving the information, police reached the spot and seized the posters.
Earlier on March 17, the Baghuna Division of CPI(Maoists) had put up banners and posters near Kandhibandha village in the district urging people to boycott the upcoming polls.