Naxals torch vehicles at road construction site in Chhattisgarh

August 10, 2018 11:25

Naxals on late Thursday night set fire to several vehicles engaged in road construction work in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The incident took place around 2:30 am near Bacheli town where the road construction work was going on.

A group of more than 40 armed Naxals stormed the construction site and set aflame as many as five trucks.The ultras also snatched the mobile phones of the lorry drivers, before vandalizing the vehicles.

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