Biratnagar, December 16:

Maoists today issued a notice to remove the three police posts of Sankhuwasabha, which were re-established only two weeks ago.

According to the statement issued by the Maoists’ district liaison office, the police posts must be removed and no move made to set them up until the elections to constituent assembly is over. The Maoists have also warned not to re-establish other displaced police posts.

“We will not let the police posts be re-established as none of the agreements reached between Maoists and the government has been implemented yet, and the government is only conspiring against us,” local Maoist activist Akrosh told this daily over telephone.

Police posts at Bana, Shitalpati and Barhabise of Sankhuwasabha were re-established two weeks ago, DSP of Sankhuwasabha Bishwa Raj Pokharel said. Initiatives to re-establish the police posts of Mudhe, Sanischare, Makalu, Kharang, Madirambeni and Hedang, which were displaced during conflict, are also going on, Pokharel added. He claimed that the Maoists were pressurising him not to re-establish the police posts at different places of the district.

Chief of the Eastern Regional Police Office, DIG Keshav Baral said the Maoists were hindering re-establishment of police posts. He added that three police posts of Sankhuwasabha were re-established after locals demanded it. Altogether, 12 police posts in Sankhuwasabha were displaced during the conflict, the district police office said.