Indian Maoists set fire to a tipper and earthdigger

BHADRACHALAM: Maoists have alleged­ly set ablaze a tip­per and a pro­clain­er (earth­mover) near Aluba­ka in the Bhadracha­lam Agency area of Kam­mam dis­trict on Fri­day night.

It is said that the Maoists torched the vehi­cles to obstruct the road works tak­en up under the Left Wing Extrem­ism Affect­ed Dis­tricts Devel­op­ment Scheme. The Maoist had warned the con­trac­tor ear­li­er not to take up work on the road that con­nects Bhadracha­lam with Venkat­a­pur and Bhoopala­p­at­nam in Chhat­tis­garh. Accord­ing to sources, around 60 Maoists, 20 of them armed, from the neigh­bour­ing state entered the dis­trict, poured kerosene over the vehi­cles, and set them ablaze. The con­trac­tor suf­fered a loss of Rs 50 lakh.

A case has been reg­is­tered at Venkat­a­pur police sta­tion against those involved in the offence and inves­ti­ga­tion is in progress, Venkat­a­pur cir­cle inspec­tor of police KRK Prasa­da Rao has said.

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