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Maoists abduct 8, torch trucks

Hindustan Times | ByMadan Kumar, Ranchi
Aug 19, 2009 12:55 AM IST

A heavily armed group of Maoists abducted eight persons, including three employees of Hindalco Bauxite Mining Company, a private contractor and four labourers near a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, 160 km from Ranchi on Tuesday.

A heavily armed group of Maoists abducted eight persons, including three employees of Hindalco Bauxite Mining Company, a private contractor and four labourers near a village in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, 160 km from Ranchi on Tuesday.

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The extremists stopped the vehicle in which they were traveling and told them to come out before setting it ablaze.

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The Maoists later torched six dumpers, two tractors and two earth moving machines near another village.

The extremists belonged to a regional splinter group of the CPI (Maoist).

Gumla Superintendent of Police Upendra Kumar told HT that the extremists burnt the trucks to pressurise transporters and contractors to pay them a ‘levy’.

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