Suspected Maoist insurgents have torched certain vehicles engaged in road construction work in Kanker district, police informed here on Sunday.
The insurgents allegedly burnt three vehicles, including a JCB machine, Road roller and a Tanker near Paralkot village number 84 and 85 coming under the limits of Bande police station late on Saturday night, Superintendent of Police Kanker (SP) RN Dash, informed, adding, ‘the village where the incident took place is situated on Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border.’
According to the SP, around a dozen of ultras reached the place and torched vehicles parked at the construction site.
After getting information from the villagers about the incident, police reached the spot but the suspected insurgents by the time had escaped.
Police have launched an intense combing operation in the region to apprehend the rebels involved in the
incident. According to police sources, disappointed over construction work being stopped by insurgents in the region, the local villagers had recently held a meeting and requested the contractor to complete construction work before the onset of the monsoons.
Following the request of villagers, the contractor had started the road construction works with the help of villagers. However, when the insurgents came to know about the construction work going on, they torched the vehicles, police said.