Ranchi, Nov. 30: CPI(Maoist) extremists blew up a portion of a state-run middle school at Dwarika under the Panki police station area of Palamau district on Saturday.

The incident took place around midnight.

The Palamau superintendent of police Deepak Verma has confirmed the attack and also said the police force were camping inside the school premises about three days ago.

“The main gate and windows of the school were damaged in the incident. There is no information of any deaths yet,” Verma added.

Sources, however, said two of the seven rooms of the school were badly damaged in the incident and the situation was not conducive to hold classes.

“The purpose of blowing the school was to restrain the police personnel from using the school building and for holding future camps. Basically, they do not want the police to start operations against them,” a police official said requesting anonymity.

Worker abducted

Four-armed criminals abducted health worker Satyendra Nath Sahay of the Tuimupath sub health centre from his residence, situated on the outskirts of Lohardaga under Senha police station yesterday night.

Lohardaga police superintendent Subodh Prasad said the incident took place around 10pm when four-armed criminals came on their bikes posing as patients and abducted Sahay.

Prasad said efforts were on for the recovery of the health worker. “Though we have not received any ransom calls yet, the abduction was probably executed for money. In any case, we have found several clues about the abductors and are going to make a breakthrough soon,” he added.

He said extremists may not have a hand in the kidnapping.