Maoists torch nine vehicles in Rayagada

Rayagada: A group of Maoists torched at least nine vehicles, engaged in road work, at a contractor’s camp in Narengtola under Kalyansinghpur police limits in Rayagada district late on Saturday.

The Maoists swooped down on the contractor’s camp and set four tractors, a JCB, one Bolero and two motorcycles afire. Three employees of the contractor’s camp also sustained injuries in the incident.

From the spot, police recovered Maoist posters in which the rebels had warned against continuing with the work on Buding-Lakhapadar road.