Maoists take away village poll nomination papers

July 15, 2013 08:58

Cadres of the banned Communist Party of India - Maoist snatched nomination papers filed for posts of sarpanchs and ward members in four villages in G Madugula mandal of the Visakhapatnam agency area on Saturday.

According to the police, as election officials were getting ready to scrutinise nominations filed at Biram village, a group of about 15 Maoists, some of them armed, took away the nomination papers, saying that they had called for a boycott of elections.

Special police teams have been pressed into service to nab the culprits, the police said.

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