MULUGU: Greyhounds and Special Party Police continued combing operations in the Pulakomma forest area in Chalapaka, Eturnagaram mandal, searching for the five Maoists who are on the run.

Meanwhile, a team of specialists began the postmortem examination of the slain Maoists at the Eturunagaram Community Health Centre (CHC) under the supervision of experts.

Speaking to TNIE, Mulugu SP P. Shabarish stated that gangs of extortionists were committing crimes in the Agency areas while posing as Naxalites. “The fact is that Maoists are struggling to even retain their identity. There is no movement of Maoists in the Agency area, and there have been no new recruitments. The police are monitoring the situation round the clock,” he said.