Maoists torched as many as 37 vehicles, including machines engaged in road construction work in worst insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place at three separate locations under different police stations during late evening hours on Saturday, police said.
According to the police, Naxals concurrently targetted three different sites of road construction works on Bhopalpatnam-Bhadrakali-Tarlaguda road and set 37 vehicles (including machines) deployed for construction work.
The incident spots fall under limits of three different police stations including Bhopalpatnam, Bhadrakali and Tarlaguda.
The vehicles damaged in the incident were trucks, tipper, tractors, Poclain machines and mixture machines, all belonging to a private construction company.
After being informed about the incident, security personnel rushed to the spot and intensified search operation in the region to nab the ultras, police said.
Initial investigation revealed that after torching vehicles, insurgents escaped into dense forest, police said adding that threatening dire consequence to labourers engaged in construction work, armed Naxals stormed into the construction sites and set vehicles and machines afire.