Manipal (PTI): Naxals have distributed pamphlets in Andare village of the district asking locals to boycott the Assembly polls in Karnataka, police said on Wednesday.

The pamphlets were distributed in every house of the village, police said, adding they have intensified combing operations in parts of Karkala and Hebri to crack down on Naxal activists.

A senior police official said a dawn to dusk combing operation was being undertaken now.

The official said a vigil is also being kept on naxal infested areas, including in parts of Chikmagalur and Udupi.

Areas like parts of Shimoga and districts of Bellary, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Chikmagalur, where naxal activities have been reported, will go to polls in the second phase of assembly elections on May 16.