Maoists attacked a construction site inPritard area of Jharkhand’s Giridih on Wednesday night, setting a number of equipment on fire. The attack took place at the construction site near Hathkatwa River at Pirtard.
Chirki Palama village is close to Dhanbad borders and it is suspected that the Maoists carried out the attack to make their presence felt, following tightened security in the adjoining district for the ongoing parliamentary elections.
Village sources said, “Around 30 to 40 armed Maoists arrived at the site on Wednesday night, asked us not to carry on road and bridge construction work till further orders, sprayed petrol and set the machines on fire.”
Police informed that CPI (Maoist) cadres attacked a bridge construction site on Chirki-palma route in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, burning down many equipment like generator, cement mixer and others. “The attackers also stalled the construction work and threatened the contractor of dire consequences,” a police source said.
Dumari sub divisional police officer (SDPO) Niraj Kumar said, “The demand for levy seems to be reason behind the incident. The CPI (Maoist) is anti-development. The police will provide security cover to get the project completed.”
According to reports, labourers present at the site during the time of assault informed that the Maoists stayed at the spot till the machines were completely gutted.
The insurgents also left hand-written notes at the site which the police later recovered. Meanwhile, a police team from Pirtard reached Chirki Palma village and launched a massive combing operation in the region.
