Special Sankranti cards for Maoists families

KARIMNAGAR: The district police launched a special drive to urge Maoists join the mainstream.They printed new year and Sankranti cards with portraits of underground Maoists and a slogan 'Vanam Veedi Janamloki Randi' (leave the forest and join mainstream). The year when the Maoists went underground was also mentioned on the cards along with the rehabilitation packages being offered by the government.In the card, police also detailed about the problems Maoists' families would face if extremists continued remaining underground. The same cards are being sent to the families of the Maoists."We are sending the cards to bring about a change in the attitude of Maoists and their families in the new year," SP V Ravinder and OSD Vikramjeet Duggal said.