The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up at least 12 buildings of the forest department at Barkella locality under Mufassil Police Station limits in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand on July 12, reports The Pioneer. According to the report, the Maoists held nearly 20 forest officials captive, snatched their mobile phones and also assaulted them. The Superintendent of Police (SP) Indrajit Mahtha said, “Around 100 rebels entered the forest department’s area at around 12 am. They held the 20-odd forest officials captive and blew up buildings of the forest department till 3 am.” The rebels pasted a poster in the site of the incident demanding the forest department to give forest dwellers right over the resources available in the forest, the SP added.