The first evidences of Maoist presence in Kerala were established following the recovery of a pair of uniform allegedly being worn by Maoist cadres in Wayanad district.

The Vellamunda police in Wayanad had found a pair uniform and two bags which contains some grocery like rice, sugar and chilly powder used by suspected maoists from kombara tribal settlement at Kunjom forest area in manthavady forest range in Wayanad district.

N.T Jose, the Sub inspector of Police at Vellamunda told India Today that the police had recovered it from the tribal settlement, when they reached there following tip-off that some Maoist leaders are camping there.

The police also recovered some pamphlets named 'Kattuthee". The local police and Thunderbolt were involved in the mass raid conducted in kunjom forest area for the suspected Maoists. "The uniform and innerwear recovered from the site showed that it was worn by a woman Maoist," N T Jose said.

The Vellamuda police opened four rounds of fire against suspected Maoist in Kunjom forest area near Kombara tribal settlement in the district on Wednesday late night.

"We saw them in the dark and asked them to stop but they ran into the deep forests. We fired four rounds at them in the dark," NT Jose told India Today. "We could not identify them", he said. He added that according to the information provided by the local people, the Maoist team comprised three men and two women.

"The people in the kombara tribal colony, identified three of them through the photographs. They include Maoist leaders Rupesh, Mahesh and Sundhari," N T Jose added.

In past five months, Kerala witnessed two incidents were maoist presence were felt. But, so far there is no official clarification regarding it. On October last, suspected Maoists torched an excavator used by granite quarry near Thottilpalam in Kozhikode district. In November, some people suspected to be Maoists, fired against the forest camp in Pothumkadavu buffer zone of Silent Valley National Park coming under the Nilambur south forest division.