Naxalites set ablaze a machine and two vehicles engaged in a cable laying work in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred between Padera and Kakekorma villages on Sunday evening where a private telecom company was engaged in work, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Pankaj Shukla said.
A group of armed Maoists stormed the site and threatened the labourers to stop the work, he said. They then set on fire a JCB machine and two pick-up vehicles.
Nobody was injured in the incident.