Maoists torch vehicles in Orissa
August 26th, 2009 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANSBhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) Over 60 armed Maoist rebels have torched four vehicles of a private company at Mahupadar village in Malkanagiri district of Orissa, an official said Wednesday.
The rebels came in separate vehicles and torched four vehicles of a private contractor late Tuesday night in Malkanagiri, more than 600 km from the state capital.
“They torched three pick-up trucks and an excavator,” said A. Routray, the deputy superintendent of police of Malkanagiri.
The vehicles were engaged in road construction which is being undertaken by a private contractor.
Maoist guerrillas had blown up a railway building and torched at least eight vehicles in Orissa’s Sundergarh district early Tuesday, the second day of their 48-hour shutdown in five states.
The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) called a two-day strike in Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh to protest the arrest of two of their members. The schedule ended Tuesday.
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