Malkanagiri: Marking an end to Martyrs’ week, Maoists stormed into a mining area of National Mineral Development Corporation at Kirandul area near Odisha-Chhattisgarh border and torched many mining machineries kept there late last night.
Sources said, protesting against the Land Acquisition Bill, as many as 50 armed Maoists set afire mining equipments worth crores of rupees.
The Maoists have also put up banners and posters at several nearby areas and dug up roads.
After the incident, police have tightened security in and around the area.