Phulbani: A group of around 15 armed Maoists have torched at least three vehicles and some machines used in road construction work at at Kanjalagu under the Baliguda police limits in Odisha’s Kandhamal district.
The red rebels, who have been opposing construction of a new rural road between Kanjalagu and Pokharibandh, set ablaze a hyva, two tractors and damaged some machines used in the work, late last night.
Before leaving, the Maoists left some posters at the site expressing their opposition to the road construction project in the area and asked to not to continue the road work in the area.
In the posters, the ultras have called for a week-long bandh from August 18 to 24 and warned the police informers.
Meanwhile, combing operation and patrolling in the area bordering Kandhamal district has been intensified after the incident, a senior official said on Monday.
Kalinga AI