Maoists blow up BJP leader’s house, panchayat bhavan

Chatra,
April 02: The Maoists have blown up three structures, including the
house of a local BJP leader, in Chatra’s Moktama village, the police
said here Thursday.

About 50 armed Maoists reached the village late last night, asked
family members of the BJP leader Mahendra Yadav to vacate the house and
blew it up with dynamites, Assistant
Superintendent of Police Jatin Narwal.

Yadav was not present in the house during the attack. The
group latter destroyed the village panchayat hall and a anganwadi
centre with explosives, Narwal said.

There was no loss of life in any of the incidents.

A Maoist note pasted on the walls in the village claimed responsibility of the explosions.

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