Maoists set fire to three camps and eight construction vehicles in the Pottangi area in Koraput district late on Sunday night.
Reports said more than 100 Maoists arrived at three contractors’ camps at Taupadar, Barabandha and Kasuguda under the Pottangi police station and attacked the labourers while they were asleep. later, they set fire to the three camps and eight road construction vehicles including a tractor, a JCB machine and five Poclain machines.
Before leaving the area, the Red rebels left posters and banners signed in the name of the Srikakulam-Koraput Divisional Committee of the CPI (Maoist).
In the posters, the outlawed outfit has claimed responsibility for the incidents and protested the widening of the road to Deomali, saying it would help police and the BSF personnel.
Maintaining that the widening of the road would help multinational companies and not the tribals, the ultras have demanded construction of narrow roads, failing which they would punish the contractors and the officials engaged in construction work.