Raipur, Sep 21 (IANS) Normal life was affected with vehicles remaining off the roads in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region fearing attacks by the Leftist rebels who Monday marked the anniversary of their banned group, the Communist Party of India-Maoist.
The terror outfit was formed Sep 21, 2004, with a merger of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) and the People’s War Group (PWG).

“There was no untoward incident reported from anywhere in Bastar but buses were off the road fearing attacks,” T.J. Longkumer, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range), told IANS.

The mineral rich Bastar comprises five districts - Dantewada, Bijapur, Kanker, Narayanpur and Bastar - and is considered to be the nerve centre of Maoist terrorism in the country.

The normal life was most affected in Bijapur and Dantewada districts where the Maoists had put heavy wooden logs on roads to block traffic.

The lone passenger train run on Kottavalasa-Kirandul line from Dantewada district’s Kirandul to Andhra Pradesh’s port city of Visakhapatnam was restricted to Jagdalpur amid possibility of attacks.

Meanwhile, police said that two guerillas were arrested from a hilly areas in Kanker district during a search operation Monday evening.