Naxals torch five empty trucks in C'garh
Naxals torch five empty trucks in C'garh A group of Naxals allegedly set five empty trucks on fire in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh in the early hours of Friday. Police said that in separate incidents, Maoists have allegedly set at least nine vehicles including two passenger buses in the past three days in Dantewada. The arson is being viewed as a reaction to the death 15 Naxals in an encounter with security forces in neighbouring Sukma district on August 6. "As per the information, a group of armed Naxals reached near the office of Truck Owners' Association in Bacheli town, where several trucks were parked, in the wee hours," Dantewada Additional Superintendent of Police Gorakhnath Baghel said. He further said, "They threatened the truck drivers to leave the place and before fleeing from the spot, they torched five empty trucks.” The Police team rushed to the spot as soon as they received the information. The trucks were engaged in the transportation of iron ore in Bailadila iron ore mines area that consists of two towns- Kirandul and Bacheli- located around 450 km away from the capital Raipur. "Maoists are frustrated over the death of its cadres in recent encounters in Sukma and Bijapur and therefore they are committing such acts," Baghel said. -PTC NEWS
