Aurangabad: Over the years, peoples’ representatives of different panchayats in Aurangabad district, including Maharajganj, Baranda Rampur and Ketaki, have borne the brunt of several Maoist attacks. On Sunday, Harihar Urdana panchayat mukhiya Ramji Ram decided not to lodge a complaint with Tandawa police station after his 70-year-old father Ramvilas Ram and brother Ramdeep Ram were assaulted by some Maoists.The mukhiya’s brother and father are undergoing treatment at the Aurangabad sadar hospital. “Wo log mere bhaiya ko khoj rahe the. Jab humne nahi bataya ki wo kahan hain to unhone humari pitai kar di (They were looking for my elder brother. When we refused to tell them where he was, they assaulted us),” an injured Ramdeep told TOI on Monday evening.The mukhiya said Maoists, owing allegiance to rebel outfit Tritiya Prastuti Committee, demanded 20% of the grant sanctioned by the government for welfare schemes in his panchayat. “Aise mein hum janata ka kaam kaise karenge (How will I work for the welfare of people),” he questioned, adding he had no faith in the police as the incident took place barely a few kilometers away from a Sashastra Seema Bal camp. The local police arrived 10 hours after the incident, he rued.Ramji is not the only mukhiya who lives under the constant fear of being attacked by Maoists. Harihar Urdana panchayat ward councilor Ranjeet Choudhary recalled that Maoists locked his parents inside a room, a year ago. “I did not lodge a complaint as I knew the police would do nothing to ensure our safety,” he said.Aurangabad SDPO P N Sahu said the police would take action against those involved in the assault of the mukhiya’s family members. Patrolling was intensified in the Naxal-affected areas, he added.