Maoists blow up warehouse building

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Maoists blow up warehouse building


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The same panchayat office was attacked by naxalites six months ago


BERHAMPUR: Maoists blew up a panchayat warehouse building at Badigata village in Orissa's Malkangiri district in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Maoists have given a call for 48-hour bandh in Orissa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Tuesday. The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Sanjeev Panda, said the incident in Malkangiri district was the only Maoist violence reported in south Orissa till Wednesday evening.
“We are still too cautious and are taking all possible measures to check any attempt of naxal violence as there is still a night of the bandh call,” he said. The panchayat warehouse they destroyed was an unused one and the Maoists blasted it due to suspicion that it may be used by paramilitary forces engaged in the anti-Maoist operation, Mr. Panda added.
According to police sources, a group of armed Maoists stormed into Badigata village under Kalimela police station. They planted landmines in the warehouse of the panchayat office. They triggered the blasts from a distance to destroy the building. They escaped from the spot raising slogans against the proposed major joint operation by security forces against them. They claimed that they had destroyed the building as it was to be used as camp for security forces during anti-Maoist operations. It may be noted that the same panchayat office had been attacked by the naxalites around six months ago.
Despite heavy presence of security forces, Maoists are continuing their violence in remote areas of Malkangirti that borders Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Maoists shot dead a police constable at a crowded village market at Padia under Kalimela police station on Sunday. They blasted the office building and a godown of Telarai panchayat under the same Kalimela police station limits on Friday night.
The two-day bandh only affected vehicular traffic in some Maoist-affected districts of Orissa like Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati, Rayagada and Sundargarh. Owing to heavy presence of security forces road communication to Narayanpatna has not been disrupted by Maoists during recent bandh call.






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