Gadchiroli (Maharashtra): Naxals on Monday morning set ablaze five vehicles engaged in the construction of a road in the Medapalli area of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.
They torched four tractors and a tanker also.
The incident took place as Naxals had called for Bharat Bandh on April 26. After setting the vehicles on fire, Naxals also put up a banner in the area asking people to make the bandh successful.
Earlier, a group of Naxals set on fire seven vehicles in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
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As per preliminary information, a group of ultras reached the area and set ablaze vehicles, and threw leaflets asking people to make Bharat Bandh successful.
The police said that while no one was harmed in the incident, the security forces rushed to the spot and launched a search operation in the area.
