Karimnagar, October 11: In the wake of the Red strike in Gadchiroli, where 18 police personnel were killed, Karimnagar police have alerted their forces in eastern and western divisions, the erstwhile strongholds of various Naxal groups.
The recent killing of Bhaireddy Sammi Reddy, a Congress leader, at Edulapuram in Kalvasrirampur mandal also prompted the cops to be on high alert.
According to police sources, intelligence agencies had warned of possible infiltration into the State as it shares borders with both Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
Past experience also shows that Maoists from Gadchiroli and Chhattisgarh take out targets here and flee back to their safety zones.
Added to this, the Naxalites have put up posters in some villages in the past few weeks.
The police have arrested a few Naxal sympathisers in this regard.
–Agencies–