Armed cadres of the unlawful Communist Party of India (Maoist) set ablaze as many as seven vehicles engaged in street construction work in insurgency-hit Kanker of Chhattisgarh on June 6.
As per the studies, the incident occurred when cadres of the outlawed outfit barged into the construction web site close to Sitram village beneath Chotte Bettiah police station limits of Pankhajur area of Kanker and set ablaze at the least seven vehicles parked on the construction web site.
It’s been reported that street construction work was being accomplished between Rajmunda to Kopengunda, and the vehicles engaged in the construction work have been parked close to the Sitram village when Maoist torched a complete of 7 vehicles, together with two vans, a porcelain machine, a water tanker car together with a street curler.
Speaking with the Organiser Station House Officer (SHO) Chotte Bettiah, Mahendra Singh Dhruv mentioned that we had received the details about the arson triggered by the Maoist close to the Sitram village. It was reported that the vehicles torched by the Maoist have been stationed close to the location as construction work had already been accomplished. We are extracting extra details about the matter and can share the small print.
It was reported that the police group has but to go to the spot because the arson web site is reportedly in an inside location, and extra details about the incident continues to be awaited.
It is to be famous that this isn’t the primary time that the cadres of the banned outfit have set ablaze vehicles engaged in construction work, and the world has been susceptible to such incidents triggered by the Maoist for a very long time.
Earlier, in the same incident reported from the Maoist-affected Koyelibeda area, armed cadres of the proscribed Maoist group had torched a dozen vehicles engaged in construction work close to Gundul and Alparas village in March this yr.
It was then reported {that a} group of Maoist barged close to the construction web site at midnight and torched as many as eight tractors, two bulldozers, together with two excavators stationed on the spot. It was learnt that the Maoist torched the vehicles by breaking their gas tanks; the ultras additionally threatened the labourers to not begin work once more.
Later on, it was reported that the involved contractor had not sought police safety for the continuing work, and the work was being accomplished with out intimating the native police.
In one other incident reported from separate locations of Kanker, armed cadres of the banned Maoist outfit torched as many as three vehicles and two machines engaged in street construction work, moreover torching as many as 4 cell towers in November final yr.
As per the studies, the vehicles and the machines engaged in the street construction work have been torched close to Markanaar village whereas the ultras additionally set ablaze cell towers situated on the Jiram Tarai, Sisrangi and Badrangi villages of Koyelibeda block of Kanker.
It must be famous that the Maoist had been constantly opposing growth work in their strongholds, fearing higher roads, connectivity, and publicity to the surface world would have an effect on their maintain on the tribal inhabitants residing beneath their affect.
The ultras additionally feared that higher connectivity would ease the entry of safety forces in the distant areas at present beneath the de facto management of the Maoist outfit.
