Journalists in Bastar were abuzz with news of a pamphlet circulated purportedly by a Maoist group that they would face 'dire consequences' if they misreported encounters in Bijapur district. Last week however the Bijapur press club
received a pamphlet from the South Bastar Divisional Committee of the Maoists which said the news is fake and a 'conspiracy of vigilante groups like Agni, security forces and government'.