Maoists stormed the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Bacheli iron ore mines facility in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh and set afire a conveyor belt after triggering a blast on Wednesday morning, police said.
Maoists on earlier occasions also have damaged NMDC's conveyor belts in the region.
A large number of insurgents stormed the NMDC's Bacheli iron ore mines coming under Bacheli police station limits and set afire its conveyor belt after trigerring a blast at the site, according to Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), Kirandul M Z Baig.
The incident took place between iron ore deposits number 11 and 5. A section of conveyor belt was damaged in the incident which affected the transportation of iron ore from deposits 11 and 5, he said.
Soon after the incident, a police team along with Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control, Baig said. The attack was executed by Maoists as a part of their two-day bandh call on May 4 and 5, police said.