Kozhikode: The city may witness Kalamassery-model bombing if the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala state government does not stop hounding them, said outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist) in a letter to District Collector Snehil Kumar.
"If the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government continues to hound us, Kozhikode will witness an explosion similar to Kalamassery," the letter said.
The Maoists said the government is holding rallies for "foreign terrorists" instead of focsing on the needs of Kozhikode district. The Collector's office received the letter on Wednesday evening, which was forwarded to the police, a district administration official said.
The letter claims that Maoists are being unfairly targeted and false cases are being lodged against them. The Maoists have warned against unfairly targeting them and charging false cases against them.
The threat assumes significance as the state government's Nava Kerala Sadas is scheduled in Kozhikode on November 25. The Congress is also planning a pro-Palestine rally in district on Novemebr 23.
The Collector has handed over the letter to the special branch. The special branch has handed over the same to the Nadakkavu police. The SHO of Nadakkavu police station has been briefed about the matter and a case would be lodged there against the Maoists. An officer of Nadakkavu police station said that a case would be lodged during the day under provisions of the IPC and the Kerala Police Act.
The letter comes in the wake of recent armed confrontations between Maoists and specialised teams of the Kerala Police in Kannur and Wayanad districts of the state. Last week, two Maoists suffered injuries in a gunfight with commandos of the Thunderbolts unit in the forest at Uruppumkutty near Ayyankunnu in Iritty, Kannur. Maoists have been spotted in the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining areas in the past few months. On October 30, a three-member Maoist gang had fired at three forest watchers at Chavachi in the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary near Irritty.
Recently, two other Maoists were arrested from Wayanad following an exchange of fire with the Thunderbolts.
