High alert has been sounded in naxal infested Dumari and Madhuban areas of Giridih district in Jharkhand after suspected Maoist rebels on January 26 pasted dozens of posters at different villages under Madhuban and Dumari police station area of Giridih district.
After the arrest of top Maoist leader Prashant Bose along with his wife Sheela Marandi, the Maoists have been protesting by pasting posters and putting banners in different areas of Madhuban and Dumari area in Giridih district here on Wednesday night..
During the Jharkhand and Bihar bandh, the Naxalites blew up the railway tracks near Chichaki Railway station on the Howrah-Mugalsarai rail route.
The Naxalites have announced a Bihar-Jharkhand bandh on January 27 in protest against the arrest of their top leaders. To make the bandh successful, Maoists have pasted posters in Madhuban and Dumri areas in the foothills of Parasnath in the border of Giridih district,said sources.
SDPO Manoj Kumar said that at some places the Naxalites had pasted posters while all posters had been removed after taking prompt action on the information. Search operations are going on in other areas.