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Naxals torch bus; 7 rebels held after face-off with cops

Naxals torch bus; 7 rebels held after face-off with cops

Raipur, May 30

Naxals torched a bus after asking passengers to alight in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district while seven rebels were arrested today following a face-off with the police in a nearby area, an official said today.When the private bus was on its way to Orchha from Narayanpur, a group of Naxals, some of them armed, stopped the vehicle last night near Jhorigaon village, around 300 km from the state capital, SP Santosh Singh said. “The rebels asked the passengers to de-board and then set the bus ablaze. The exact number of passengers is not known but all of them are reported safe,” he said.Security personnel rushed to the spot soon after receiving an alert. A combing operation has been launched in the region to nab the attackers, he said. According to Singh, the Naxals are frustrated with the road construction work in the region and, therefore, are committing such acts.“The ultras have been opposing road construction from Narayanpur to Orchha in Abujhmaad, considered as a Maoist den,” Singh said.Meanwhile, seven Naxals were today arrested in a nearby village in Narayanpur. They were nabbed after an exchange of fire between the ultras and security personnel near Tekanar village on Sunday on suspicion that they were involved in the skirmish, Singh said. — PTI

Arson in Bastar

  • Suspected Naxals on Tuesday torched battery room of a mobile tower of BSNL in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar
  • The tower was not damaged and is operational
  • The police also found pamphlets left by Naxals protesting killing of rebel leader ‘Vilas’ in an encounter in Burgum area on May 14