A group of four armed cadres of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) including one woman visited Ambayathode town in Kannur District of Kerala and distributed pamphlets and pasted posters on January 20, reports UNI. According to Police sources, the suspected Maoists, carrying guns, handed overpamphlets to the employees who reached Ambayathode bus stand in Kottiyoor Panchayat (village level local self-Government institution). Following the incident, a Police team led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), of Iritty town, R. Anand,along with Thunderbolts(the Kerala Police elite commando force), and Anti-Naxal[Left Wing Extremism, LWE] squad has intensified search operations in the nearby areas with the support of forest department officials at Kottiyoor wildlife sanctuary to catch the Maoists.