India

Maoists blast 7 buildings in Aurangabad

PNS

A group of Maoists blew seven buildings of the Water Resources Department at Misirbigha village under Deo police station area of Aurangabad district on Thursday.

Superintendent of Police of Aurangabad Daljeet Singh said that Naxalites blew up buildings by exploding can bombs late on Thursday night. Nobody was injured in the incident as buildings were abandoned long back. Two buildings were completely damaged while five other partially in the incident,

A live can bomb was also recovered from the spot.

Sources claimed that naxalites made the government buildings target of their attack as a battalion of COBRA commandos was supposed to live in these abandoned places, Repair work of these buildings was also reportedly going on for this purpose,

The  district police authorities have launched a comprehensive combing operation to apprehend ultras, the Police Officer added.

Maoists have demonstrated their influence in the state only recently when they blasted a dynamite to destroy a power station building in Jamui district and torched a mobile tower in Aurangabad district last Sunday during their two day bandh in Bihar and Jharkhand.