Kandhamal on alert after Maoist reveals attack

BHUBANESWAR: Security was tightened across Orissa's communally-sensitive Kandhamal

district Tuesday after an arrested Maoist revealed the guerrillas plan

to attack two police stations in the area, an officer said."Security

has been intensified across the district. Vehicles are being checked at

all the entry and exit points," Deputy Superintendent of Police G.C.

Behera told IANS."Day and night patrolling has been intensified

at all vulnerable areas. People with suspicious activities are being

questioned," he added. Behera said local Maoist leader Jagannath

Nayak told the police that a group of 150 rebels have planned to attack

at least two police stations and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

camp Thursday.The 45-year-old rebel who claimed to be the

secretary of the local militia group of the Communist Party of

India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was arrested last week from the district's

Daringbadi area.He disclosed the guerrillas, who infiltrated

into the district from Bihar and Jharkhand in recent months, were

preparing to carry out attacks on the police stations at Brahmani Gaon

and Daringbadi, and a CRPF camp at Paniganda village, Behera said.