Naxals call for bandh in 5 states against Odisha encounter
The banned CPI (Maoist) has called for bandh (shutdown) in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra on November 3 to protest against the Malkangiri encounter in which over 27 Maoists were killed. In the statement, Pratap confirmed that the red rebels had suffered huge damage after the massive encounter in the deep forests of the Andhra-Odisha border.