Phiringia, Feb. 10 -- Locals panicked today after a Maoist poster was spotted on a culvert in Phiringia town of Kandhamal district, following the encounter of top cadre ultra leader Dasru and outlawed Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division committee member on February 3.

According to a source, the poster was put up near Tehsil Office Chhak of the town. Scared residents informed about it to the police but the poster was not removed for quite a long time.

It is a busy road and hundreds of commuters pass through the route, some fearful locals expressed.

Worth mentioning, a few more posters were seen in Sadingia, Ribilada, and Gochhapada police limits.

The killing of Dasru has been condemned through the poster. He was carrying...