Naxals blow up several buildings of Jharkhand forest dept in West Singhbhum district
Jul 12, 2020
Chaibasa (Jharkhand) [India], July 12 : Several buildings of forest department were blown away by Naxals on late Saturday night in West Singhbhum district, police said on Sunday.
"In Barkela area, a forest guest houses and other houses where forest guards live were blown up using land mines by extremists between 1 to 3 am on Sunday," DIG of Kolhan Range Rajeev Ranjan Singh said.
Stressing that police have taken serious cognisance of the incident, he said that the security forces will conduct an "anti-Naxal operation" in the area. The DIG further appealed to the public not to support the Naxals.
Police and CRPF teams will soon nab them (Naxals), he added.
