Around 10-12 Naxals[Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] have set ablaze one JCB and one tractor parked at a construction site of a bridge over Binja Nala at Lamkinand in Tokisood village of Patratu Police Station in Ramgarh District of Jharkhand on June 5, reports PrabhatKhabar. Two labourers identified as Raghunandan Prasad Mahato, a resident of Giridih District and Bhunesh Ram, a resident of Chauparan in Hazaribagh District were abused and injured by the Naxalsand then fired in the air. Many labourers saved their lives by hiding in nearby forests. Naxals gave a pamphlet to a labourer identified as Munshi Lagnu Mahli to be handed over to their contracter. The engineers of the construction company said that no organization threatened them to stop work or seek levy. Police team conducted a search operation in the forests of Tokisood, Binja, and Chhapar in search of Naxals without much success after this incident.
Meanwhile, Director General of Police (DGP) Neeraj Sinha reviewed and discussed about the anti-Naxal campaign with Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials at Chaibasa of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, reports Dainik Jagran on June 5. The efforts are being made to understand the difficulties being faced by the jawans working in Naxal affected areas.
Separately, a civilian identified as Bhola Bharti, a resident of Matlong village in Manika Police Station area of Latehar District of Jharkhand has received a ransom demand of INR 5, 00,000 and death threats for non-payment of ransom in the name of People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on June 6, reports PrabhatKhabar.Bhola Bharti received a mobile call on June 6 from Nishant ji of PLFI.