A group of suspected ultras torched the machineries on the construction site of a bridge on Kahudag and Bhaghar River in Bhaghar panchayat of Chouparan block of Hazaribagh district on Friday late evening.
According to sources, a group of Maoists reached the construction site on Friday late evening and started shouting slogans of their organisation MCCI. They called the contractor and when the contractor did not turn up then they torched one mixture machine and pock lane kept there.
The ultras also burnt the Kendu leaves collected by villagers and stored in the nearby forest area. When they returned back from the construction site, the villagers reached there and controlled the fire.
On Saturday morning Chouparan police reached to the construction site and seized the torched machineries from the site. Police has registered a case in the Chouparan police station.
SP Hazaribagh Bhimsen Tuti confirmed the incident. The officer-in-charge of Chouparan police station said that they are investigating the incidence. “We have received some important clues from the villagers of Bhaghar and have also started regular patrolling in the area,” he added.
Baghar village comes in naxal prone areas of the Chouparan block which is situated at the border of Bihar and Jharkhand. Due to its geographical nature it always remains in the target of left ultras and criminals who after executing their plan successfully enters into the area of other State.