Three unidentified persons, suspected to be cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), reportedly visited a house near Kukke Subrahmanya in Kadaba taluk (revenue unit) in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka on March 23, reports The Hindu. The three persons visited the house of one Ashok at Majalu in Kote Thota, Ainakidu village near Subrahmanya. The three stayed at the house for about an hour and got their mobile phones before leaving the place. The Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) of Karnataka Police launched combing operations in the forest areas of the Kodagu-Dakshina Kannada border near Subrahmanya following reports of a few Maoists being sighted in the locality two days ago. A team of eight people, including two women, who were unknown in the region, were discovered to have purchased groceries worth INR 3,500 from a store in Koojimale in Madikeri Police limits on the border of the two districts on March 23. Following this information, ANF teams from Karkala and Bhagamandala camps rushed to the area and began the combing operation.