Thursday, October 13, 2011: The forest districts of north Kerala have
come under special police vigil upon fears of infiltration by Maoist
guerillas, Chief Minister Ooommen Chandy told the state assembly on
Thursday.
Answering queries from Congress legislator Anwar Sadath and others,
he said: ‘The forest areas in the northern districts is where Maoists
could make an entry and to combat this a special internal security wing
of the police has been formed.’
The hilly district of Wayanad has a large population of tribals and its forests border Karnataka state.