Over half a dozen tribal people, who were reportedly abducted by suspected Maoists from Pega village in Chintur mandal on Saturday night, returned home on Wednesday much to the relief of their anxious family members. The tribals, however, were silent about their ‘abduction’. The local police feigned ignorance of any such development.
Sources said the Maoists grilled them at a ‘Praja Court’ in the forests somewhere along the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh.
The incident assumed significance as suspected Maoists recently sustained a shock from an electric wire laid by villagers to protect their crops from wild animals. The Maoists reportedly warned them not to use electric wires.
