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Maoists set ablaze vehicles in Odisha

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Press Trust of India Rayagada (Odisha)
In a swift attack, armed Maoists set afire several equipments and vehicles at a road construction site in Odisha's Rayagada district, police said today.

However, there was no casualty in the incident.

A group of ultras struck at the site around midnight last night and torched three tractors, an excavator and a motorcycle of the contractor engaged for construction of a road between Guma and Khambesu villages, they said.

The rebels escaped into the nearby forest soon after the attack, they said.

The ultras left a poster at the spot with a warning and asked the contractor to stop the road construction work, they said.

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First Published: May 29 2014 | 2:55 PM IST

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