Maoists on Monday set on fire four vehicles and machines engaged in road construction work in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bijapur district of Bastar, a police official said.
The incident took place this morning between Tumnar and Koitpal villages, where the road construction work was going on under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojna, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) (south Bastar range) Sundarraj P. said.
According to preliminary information, a group of armed Naxals stormed the construction site, located around seven kilometres from Bijapur town and threatened the labourers to stop the work, he said.
The ultras then set ablaze four vehicles and machines before fleeing the spot, he said.
The DIG said that according to information reaching him, they also kidnapped and killed the contractor, but it was yet to be confirmed. Security forces were sent to the spot and more details were awaited, he added.