Maoist action team sighted in Khanapur

The movement of Maoists in Adilabad district seems to have intensified what with a four member action team reportedly being sighted in Khanapur area about five days back.

The extremists are also said to have pasted wall posters in Pata Yellapur and Nachan Yellapur villages in Khanapur mandal warning police informers of dire consequences.

The Khanapur police have denied the development, which however were confirmed by independent sources.

According to sources, the action team is led by Maoist Adilabad Area Committee member Atram Shobhan alias Charles and has Chunchu Bakkanna, a naxalite who had surrendered himself to the police a few years ago, and drew the rehabilitation package too.

Bakkanna is said to have joined the ranks with his former comrades about one year back.

After a gap of a decade, the first killing of a civilian by extremists took place in Tiryani mandal on October 30, reportedly by a dalam comprising of 10 to 14 armed extremists.