More than 12 Maoists entered into lakhanpur Forest Range office under Bargarh district’s Ambavona block on Monday midnight and looted two pistols from the office. They also took four Forest watchers to their custody for a few hours.
According to the sources, the Red rebels came from the Chhattisgarh Forest area which is linked to Ambavona Forest. Barging into the office, they asked watchers to open the Almirah. As the watchers did not find the keys, they broke open the Almirah and looted two pistols.They kidnapped four watchers but released them after a few hours.A case was registered in this connection in Dungari police outpost, said OIC Manohar Prodhan.The Maoist activity has triggered a reign of terror in the block as six of 287 polling booths have been identified as Maoist-affected.