The ongoing lockdown amid coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic seems to have impacted the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres too as they remain grounded in Telangana, reports The Hindu on April 15. As per the report, a group of Maoists is reported to be stranded in the forests of Adilabad District, not able to return to their neighbouring Maharashtra given the increased vigil on the inter-state borders owing to containment operations for COVID-19. Police in Komaram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial Districts in the State had sounded an alert through a press release as early as March 13 when the concept of lockdown was unheard of. The Maoists moved into the forests of Tiryani, Kawal, Kadem-Khanapur, and Sirikonda, since then without realising that the situation outside the jungles had changed drastically. The Superintendent of Police (SP) of Adilabad District, Vishnu S. Warrier, asserts that the Security Forces (SFs) are going ahead with regular area domination operations in forests, implying that the vigil on borders will also not be relaxed soon.