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Hazaribagh, April 19: Suspected Maoist rebels set ablaze a machine and two motorcycles of a construction company in Gola near Ramgarh last night.
Around 3 in the night, about 12 extremists appeared at the site of Classic Company, which is involved in renovation of the Rajrappa-Gola Road in Jobia village ? 75 km from Hazaribagh.
They also left behind a number of pamphlets. The pamphlet, which warns middlemen and informers to face the wrath of the rebels besides demanding 90 per cent participation of lower class in every project, was reportedly written by Maoist outfits operating in the state.
However, Ramgarh deputy superintendent of police Sanjeev Kumar said only some local criminals are invol ved in the incident, not the Maoists.
Police officers, who went to the spot, said that they were investigating the matter and trying to locate the culprits.
Pawan Singh, owner of the company, which faced similar attack last year also, is known to be close to land and land revenue minister Chandra Prakash Choudhary.
This was the second incident of Naxalite attack within 24 hours in North Chhotanagpur commissionerate.
On Monday, they set off three powerful bombs in under-construction buildings of Police Line in Chatra damaging the structure. Later, the police had recovered a country-made gun from the spot.
However, no arrest has been made related to the explosions. Gautam Construction company, which was involved in doing the work in the Police Line, today admitted to have suffered a loss of Rs 50 lakh.
However, sources said that the company has unable to complete the project, started at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore in 2004.
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