An extremist group Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Samiti (TSPC) created a ruckus late on Saturday night at the Chhotka river bridge construction site located in Tokisud village of Patratu Police Station area in Hazaribag District of the State. A JCB vehicle and a tractor engaged in bridge construction work were set on fire, three laborers were thrashed and the rebels fired five rounds of bullet in the air while fleeing the spot.
On Sunday, Patratu SDPO Dr Virendra Choudhary informed that as many as six armed masked militants had arrived there. The militants also left a pamphlet there. In this, a warning has been given to stop work and withdraw the camp, he added.
The bridge is being constructed on the Chotka river bridge by the special division at a cost of about Rs.4 crores. The people of TSPC militant organization probably carried out this attack to extort money.
Apart from Choudhary, Inspector Lileshwar Mahto, the Police Station In-charge Bharat Paswan along with Armed Forces reached the spot and took stock of the situation and talked to the workers present in the camp. Since this incident, the construction work of the bridge has been stopped for the time being.