Alert in Maoist-hit districts in Orissa

With the Maoists observing 'martyrs week' on the 38th death anniversary of Naxalite leader Charu Majumdar security forces have been put on alert in Naxal-affected regions in Orissa.

An alert was sounded in Naxal-hit districts like Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal and Sundargarh district, police sources said.

Vehicular movement was affected in the affected where most government and private buses were off the roads, they said.

Shops, business establishments, offices, banks and educational institutions, however, remained open and the overall situation was normal and peaceful, a senior police official said.

"Security has been tightened and combing operation and patrolling intensified," Koraput district superintendent of police, Anup Sahu said.

The Maoists put up posters at several places.