Bhubaneswar: Unlike previous years, the Martyrs’ Week celebrated by the CPI (Maoist) Party from July 28 to August 3 passed off without any incident this year in Malkangiri and Koraput districts, which was a strong bastion of the outfit for more than three decades.
For the first time, there was not even a single incident of affixing of banner/poster, no meeting by the Maoists in the villages, no martyrs’ pillar inaugurated, no road blocking by felling trees, and no violent incident.
In the past years, during Martyrs’ Week, Maoist activities used to be very high. Due to the establishment of several new Security camps at strategic locations and continuous anti-Maoist operations, there is a sea change in the situation this year and the Maoists could not carry out any of their activities during Martyrs’ Week.
