The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus services were partially disrupted in Bhadrachalam Agency during the bandh (general shut down strike) observed by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) State committee on October 27, in protest against the encounter in Tekulagudem forest area in Telangana on October 12, in which three Maoists were killed, reports The Hindu. The inter-District bus services between Bhadrachalam and Venkatapuram in Mulugu District were hit as the authorities suspended three buses on this route on October 27 as a precautionary measure, sources said. Barring a few, all other bus services remained unaffected. Police sources claimed that the bandh failed to evoke any response in the entire District. However, the Police continued their synergised anti-Maoist operations along the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh in coordination with their counterparts of the neighbouring State, sources said. Police maintained a hawk-eyed vigil on forest routes and ferry points along the Godavari River course in Bhadrachalam and Manuguru Police sub-divisions as part of the stepped-up vigil in the aftermath of the Tekulagudem incident.