Suspected Naxals spotted at Madappadi

Subrahmanya: A group of suspected armed naxals comprising of two women and a man were spotted at Madpady Village in the Sullia Taluk. They visited a family residing at Hadikallu during the late evening hours and forced the family to part with the food they had prepared for themselves. They hastily consumed the food and went away. The incident took place on Thursday June 14^th.

Thomas A J (35), a native of Kerala, working as rubber tapper in the rubber plantation of Jayaram Hadikallu in Madappady village explained that on Thursday, he and his family members had sat down for dinner at around 7.45 pm when a gang of suspected Naxals comprising three members, a lady, a woman and a man, of an approximate age of 23, 35 and 45 respectively, entered directly into his house.

The naxals pointed their guns at the family members, consumed the family’s food prepared for dinner within 5 minutes in standing position and went away. The younger woman had two pistols in her hands, the elder one had two more, while the man was armed with a pistol and a rifle, he said.

Puttur deputy superintendent of police, superintendent of police of Anti-Naxal Force along with his team, police circle inspector from the town, police sub-inspector of the police station here and other policemen visited the spot and made enquiries.

Dakshina Kannada district police and Anti-Naxal Force have begun combing operation in the region after having been alerted about the possibility of Naxals having become active in the region,