Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze a pump house and vehicle of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) under Kirandal Police Station limits of Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on July 26, reports News18. Nearly 150 CPI-Maoist cadres have abducted NMDC employees and removed sim cards from their mobile phones. The employees returned safely from CPI-Maoist cadres.
Meanwhile, CPI-Maoist cadres damaged railway tracks on the Visakhapatnam-Kirandul route under Bhansi Police Station limits in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on July 26, reports Orissa Post. The Visakhapatnam-Kirandul passenger train, that had crossed Dantewada for Kirandul, had to be brought back to Dantewada. The railway’s ground staff spotted that few fish plates of the track were removed, which was immediately informed to senior railway officials and Police. CPI-Maoist cadreshave committed the offence in view of their ‘Martyrs Week’ to be observed by them between July 28 and August 3, said Deputy Inspector General (DIG), (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P.