Phulbani: Panic gripped residents of Kurtamgarh in Tumudibandh block in Kandhamal district after some Maoist posters were found in the area on Sunday.
In the posters, the outlawed outfit has threatened to kill former sarpanch Sirish Mallick.
The posters also stated that the Maoists killed in recent encounters with police are martyrs and their deaths will not go in vain.
On September 9, security personnel had gunned down four Maoists inside Sirki forest in Bhandarangi area on the border between Kalahandi and Kandhamal districts.
Earlier on July 23, two Maoists were killed in an encounter inside a forest in Tumudibandh area.
